| Literature DB >> 9453650 |
R E Tascon1, E Stavropoulos, K V Lukacs, M J Colston.
Abstract
The role of CD8 T cells in controlling Mycobacterium tuberculosis infections in mice was confirmed by comparing the levels of growth of the organism in control, major histocompatibility complex class II knockout, and athymic mice and by transferring T-cell populations into athymic mice. By using donor mice which were incapable of making gamma interferon (IFN-gamma), it was shown that IFN-gamma production was essential for CD8 cell mediation of protective immunity against M. tuberculosis.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID: 9453650 PMCID: PMC107978
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441