A critical role for stem cell factor and c-kit in host protective immunity to an intestinal helminth

International Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 559-567

  Donaldson, Louise E ^c   Schmitt, Edgar ^a   Huntley, John F ^b   Newlands, George F J ^b   Grencis, Richard K ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

c kit; Mast cell hyperplasia; Stem cell factor; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELMINTHIASIS; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CYTOKINES; EOSINOPHILIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTESTINES; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; STEM CELL FACTOR; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 0029915354     PISSN: 09538178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intimm/8.4.559     Document Type: Article

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