Depletion with PC61 mAb before Toxoplasma gondiiinfection eliminates mainly Tregs in BALB/c mice, but activated cells in C57BL/6J mice

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 362-367

  Tenorio, Eda Patricia ^a   Fernández, Jacquelina ^a   Olguín, Jonadab Efraín ^a   Saavedra, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Activated T cells; CD25 depletion; Mouse strains; Regulatory T cells; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY PC61; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR ALPHA SUBUNIT; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 79960374804     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2011.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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