Dissemination of mycobacteria to the thymus renders newly generated T cells tolerant to the invading pathogen

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 351-358

  Nobrega, Claudia ^a,b   Roque, Susana ^a   Nunes Alves, Cláudio ^a   Coelho, Angela ^a   Medeiros, Irene ^a   Castro, António Gil ^a   Appelberg, Rui ^b,c   Correia Neves, Margarida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGENIC MODULATION; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIOSIS; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; THYMUS GRAFT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUDE MOUSE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 73949157248     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.0902152     Document Type: Article

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