Tracking antigen-specific CD4+ T cells throughout the course of chronic Leishmania major infection in resistant mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 427-438

  Pagán, Antonio J ^a   Peters, Nathan C ^b   Debrabant, Alain ^c   Ribeiro Gomes, Flavia ^b   Pepper, Marion ^a,e   Karp, Christopher L ^d,f   Jenkins, Marc K ^a   Sacks, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

CD4+ T cells; IFN ; IL 10; Leishmania major; Tetramer

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL TRACKING; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; EAR; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 84873748473     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201242715     Document Type: Article

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