CXCR3-Dependent CD4+ T Cells Are Required to Activate Inflammatory Monocytes for Defense against Intestinal Infection

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Cohen, Sara B ^a   Maurer, Kirk J ^a,c   Egan, Charlotte E ^a,d   Oghumu, Steve ^b   Satoskar, Abhay R ^b   Denkers, Eric Y ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR3; CXCL9 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE INJURY; LAMINA PROPRIA; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; PHENOTYPE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTESTINAL DISEASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MONOCYTES; RECEPTORS, CXCR3; TH1 CELLS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84887282184     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003706     Document Type: Article

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