Mechanisms of interferon-induced inhibition of Toxoplasma gondii replication in human retinal pigment epithelial cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 4188-4196

  Nagineni, Chandrasekharam N ^a   Pardhasaradhi, Komanduri ^b   Martins, Maria C ^a   Detrick, Barbara ^c   Hooks, John J ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0029797005     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.10.4188-4196.1996     Document Type: Article

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