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Immunity to intracellular bacteria
S H Kaufmann1, G A Follows, M E Munk
1Department of Immunology, University of Ulm, F. R. Germany.
Memorias Do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
Immunity to intracellular bacteria including Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium leprae, and Listeria monocytogenes depends on specific T cells. Evidence to be described suggests that CD4 alpha/beta T cells, CD8 alpha/beta T cells and gamma/delta T cells which interact with each other and with macrophages contribute to acquired resistance against as well as pathogenesis of intracellular bacterial infections.