Neisseria gonorrhoeae selectively suppresses the development of Th1 and Th2 cells, and enhances Th17 cell responses, through TGF-β-dependent mechanisms

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 320-331

  Liu, Y ^a   Islam, E A ^b   Jarvis, G A ^c,d   Gray Owen, S D ^b   Russell, M W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 17; LIPOOLIGOSACCHARIDE; OPA PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 84859866114     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: 19353456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2012.12     Document Type: Article

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