Memory Th1 Cells Are Protective in Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Infection

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Brown, Aisling F ^a   Murphy, Alison G ^a   Lalor, Stephen J ^a   Leech, John M ^a   O’Keeffe, Kate M ^a   Mac Aogáin, Micheál ^b   O’Halloran, Dara P ^a   Lacey, Keenan A ^a   Tavakol, Mehri ^c   Hearnden, Claire H ^a   Fitzgerald Hughes, Deirdre ^d   Humphreys, Hilary ^d,e   Fennell, Jérôme P ^b,f   van Wamel, Willem J ^c   Foster, Timothy J ^a   Geoghegan, Joan A ^a   Lavelle, Ed C ^a   Rogers, Thomas R ^b,g   McLoughlin, Rachel M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^g ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAPHYLOCOCCUS VACCINE; ANTIGEN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; INTERLEUKIN 17;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE; MEMORY CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGEN CLEARANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; TH1 CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING; AGED; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERLEUKIN-17; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 84948960834     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005226     Document Type: Article

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