Rapid deletion of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells following infection represents a strategy of immune evasion and persistence for Anaplasma marginale

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 7759-7769

  Han, Sushan ^a   Norimine, Junzo ^a   Palmer, Guy H ^a   Mwangi, Waithaka ^b   Lahmers, Kevin K ^a   Brown, Wendy C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL VACCINE; CLOSTRIDIUM VACCINE; EPITOPE; HLA DR ANTIGEN; HLA DRB3 ANTIGEN; INTERVET; MAJOR SURFACE PROTEIN 1A F2 5; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAPLASMA MARGINALE; ANAPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CATTLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLONAL ANERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LIVER; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; STAINING;

EID: 71849097342     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.11.7759     Document Type: Article

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