Pregnancy does not deter the development of a potent maternal protective cd8+ T-cell acquired immune response against Listeria monocytogenes despite preferential placental colonization

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-65

  Krishnan, Lakshmi ^a,b   Pejcic Karapetrovic, Branka ^a,c   Gurnani, Komal ^b   Zafer, Ahmed ^a   Sad, Subash ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquired immunity; CD8 T cell response; Infection; Listeriosis; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; LISTERIOSIS; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY INFECTION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PLACENTA DISEASES; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 72549090509     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0897.2009.00766.x     Document Type: Article

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