Article
Distinct H-2 complex control of mortality, and immune responses to tuberculosis infection in virgin and BCG-vaccinated mice.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Nov 1993
Apt A S, Avdienko V G, Nikonenko B V, Kramnik I B, Moroz A M, Skamene E
Abstract excerpt
We have studied the impact of distinct haplotypes and of different alleles at specific H-2 loci on: (i) the susceptibility to lethal form of experimental tuberculosis; (ii) the level of DTH to mycobacterial antigens; (iii) the efficacy of vaccination with bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG); and (iv) t...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Antigens, Bacterial
- BCG Vaccine
- Female
- H-2 Antigens
- Hypersensitivity, Delayed
- Lymphocyte Activation
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL