A protective role for interleukin 18 in interferon γ-mediated innate immunity to cryptosporidium parvum that is independent of natural killer cells

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-124

  Choudhry, Naheed ^a   Petry, Franz ^b   Van Rooijen, Nico ^c   McDonald, Vincent ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTESTINES; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN;

EID: 84861549349     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jis300     Document Type: Article

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