Trypanosoma cruzi induces strong IL-12 and IL-18 gene expression in vivo: Correlation with interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) production

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 378-385

  Meyer Zum Buschenfelde C ^a   Cramer, S ^a   Trumpfheller, C ^a   Fleischer, Bernhard ^a   Frosch, S ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

IL 12; IL 18; Interferon gamma; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0000326073     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1997.4471463.x     Document Type: Article

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