A novel immunoregulatory function for IL-23: Inhibition of IL-12-dependent IFN-γ production

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2236-2247

  Sieve, Amy N ^a   Meeks, Karen D ^a   Lee, Suheung ^a   Berg, Rance E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CD8+ T cells; Cytokines; Innate immunity; Listeria monocytogenes

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 23; INTERLEUKIN 23 RECEPTOR; STAT4 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LIVER; LYMPH NODE CELL; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SERUM; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CELLS, CULTURED; DOWN-REGULATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-23; LISTERIOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-12; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT4 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 77956107508     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200939759     Document Type: Article

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