Opa+ and Opa- isolates of Neisseria meningitidis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae induce sustained proliferative responses in human CD4 + T cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5170-5180

  Youssef, Abdel Rahman ^a   Van Der Flier, Michiel ^b   Estevão, Silvia ^b   Hartwig, Nico G ^b   Van Der Ley, Peter ^c   Virji, Mumtaz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS VACCINE INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN RELATED CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; CD69 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; POLYPEPTIDE; POLYPEPTIDE RD 7; PROTEIN OPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; OUTER MEMBRANE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, CD; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 70350446638     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00355-09     Document Type: Article

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