Regulatory T cells promote a protective Th17-associated immune response to intestinal bacterial infection with C. rodentium

Mucosal Immunology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1290-1301

  Wang, Z ^a   Friedrich, C ^a   Hagemann, S C ^a   Korte, W H ^a   Goharani, N ^a   Cording, S ^b   Eberl, G ^b   Sparwasser, T ^a   Lochner, M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CLEARANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL LOAD; CELL INTERACTION; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEPLETION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ANIMAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; COLON; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; MICE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS;

EID: 84908207108     PISSN: 19330219     EISSN: 19353456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2014.17     Document Type: Article

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