title: Immunity to intracellular bacteria.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, University of Ulm, F. R. Germany.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Follows
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Munk
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D002477:Cells / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D016952:Legionella pneumophila / Q000276:immunology; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000276:immunology; D008264:Macrophages / Q000276:immunology*; D051379:Mice; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000276:immunology; D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta / Q000276:immunology; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D016692:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, gamma-delta