Cutting edge: IFN-γ produced by brain-resident cells is crucial to control cerebral infection with Toxoplasma gondii

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 796-800

  Sa, Qila ^a   Ochiai, Eri ^a   Tiwari, Ashish ^a   Perkins, Sara ^a   Mullins, Jeremi ^a   Gehman, Marie ^a   Huckle, William ^b   Eyestone, Willard H ^b   Saunders, Thomas L ^c   Shelton, Brent J ^d   Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD11B ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN INFECTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; SCID MOUSE; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD11B; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL LINE; FEMALE; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; MICROGLIA; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CEREBRAL;

EID: 84937702083     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1500814     Document Type: Article

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