Identification of immunogenic antigens from aspergillus fumigatus by direct multiparameter characterization of specific conventional and regulatory CD4+T cells

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 193, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3332-3343

  Bacher, Petra ^a   Kniemeyer, Olaf ^b,c,d   Teutschbein, Janka ^b,c   Thön, Marcel ^b,c   Vödisch, Martin ^b,c   Wartenberg, Dirk ^b,c   Scharf, Daniel H ^b,c   Koester Eiserfunke, Nora ^b,c   Schütte, Mark ^e   Dübel, Stefan ^e   Assenmacher, Mario ^f   Brakhage, Axel A ^b,c   Scheffold, Alexander ^a,f,g  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HANS KNÖLL INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^f MILTENYI BIOTEC GMBH   (Germany)

^g POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH PIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ASSAY; CELL LYSATE; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EX VIVO STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TARGET CELL; ASPERGILLOSIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84907210746     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1400776     Document Type: Article

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