Article
Candidiasis in interferon-gamma knockout (IFN-gamma-/-) mice.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Aug 1998
Balish E, Wagner R D, Vázquez-Torres A, Pierson C, Warner T
Abstract excerpt
Germ-free C57BL/6 x 129 interferon-gamma knockout (IFN-gamma(-/-)) mice and their immunocompetent (+/-, +/+) counterparts were colonized with a pure culture of Candida albicans to assess their natural susceptibility to mucosal and systemic candidiasis of endogenous origin. Colonization with a pur...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Administration, Oral
- Animals
- Antibodies, Fungal
- Candidiasis
- Cell Division
- Concanavalin A
- Disease Models, Animal
- Disease Susceptibility
- Female
- Genotype
- Germ-Free Life
- Interferon-gamma
- Intestinal Neoplasms
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Lymphocytes
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
