IL-15 ex vivo overcomes CD4+ T cell deficiency for the induction of human antigen-specific CD8+ T cell responses

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 205-214

  Yu, Huifeng ^a   Tawab Amiri, Abdul ^b   Dzutsev, Amiran ^a   Sabatino, Marianna ^b   Aleman, Karen ^a   Yarchoan, Robert ^a   Terabe, Masaki ^a   Sui, Yongjun ^a   Berzofsky, Jay A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Lymphoid cell mediated immunity; Primary cells

Indexed keywords

ALLOANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 15; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; EX VIVO STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MONOCYTE DERIVED DENDRITIC CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T CELL DEPLETION;

CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-15; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MURINAE;

EID: 79959821657     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.1010579     Document Type: Article

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