Interleukin-12-mediated resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi is dependent on tumor necrosis factor alpha and gamma interferon

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2381-2386

  Hunter, C A ^a,b   Slifer, T ^a   Araujo, F ^a  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0029967256     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.7.2381-2386.1996     Document Type: Article

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