Deficiency of CD40 reveals an important role for LIGHT in anti-leishmania immunity

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 194-202

  Okwor, Ifeoma ^a   Xu, Guilian ^b   Tang, Haidong ^c   Liang, Yong ^d   Fu, Yang Xin ^c   Uzonna, Jude E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; CD8ALPHA ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HERPESVIRUS ENTRY MEDIATOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 12; LIGHT PROTEIN; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CD8 ANTIGEN; HERPESVIRUS ENTRY MEDIATOR LIGAND; TNFSF14 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELL; ANIMAL; BONE MARROW CELL; COCULTURE; DEFICIENCY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD40; ANTIGENS, CD8; BONE MARROW CELLS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-12; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHOTOXIN BETA RECEPTOR; MICE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR LIGAND SUPERFAMILY MEMBER 14;

EID: 84932185692     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1401892     Document Type: Article

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