| Literature DB >> 14500526 |
Masayuki Umemura1, Hitoshi Nishimura, Kimika Saito, Toshiki Yajima, Goro Matsuzaki, Satoru Mizuno, Isamu Sugawara, Yasunobu Yoshikai.
Abstract
Interleukin-15 (IL-15) transgenic mice which had been inoculated with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) 24 weeks previously showed resistance against airborne infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv accompanied by an increased CD8(+)-Tc1-cell response. IL-15 may be used as an immune adjuvant given with BCG vaccination to enhance its biologic efficacy.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 14500526 PMCID: PMC201060 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.10.6045-6048.2003
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441