Immune responses to Aspergillus antigen in IL-4-/- mice and the effect of eosinophil ablation

Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 420-427

  Kurup, Viswanath P ^a,b   Choi, H Y ^a,b   Murali, P S ^a,b   Xia, J Q ^a,b   Coffman, R L ^c   Fink, J N ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspergillus fumigatus; IL 4 knockout mice; Interferon gamma; Interleukin 4; Interleukin 5; Th2 response

Indexed keywords

FUNGUS ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, FUNGAL; ASPERGILLOSIS, ALLERGIC BRONCHOPULMONARY; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; EOSINOPHILS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN-4; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 0008379736     PISSN: 01054538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1398-9995.1999.00944.x     Document Type: Article

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