Interleukin-12 mediates resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi in mice and is produced by murine macrophages in response to live trypomastigotes

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1961-1967

  Aliberti, Júlio C S ^a   Cardoso, Maria A G ^a   Martins, Gislâine A ^a   Gazzinelli, Ricardo T ^b   Vieira, Leda Q ^b   Silva, João S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPLICATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

EID: 0030010929     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.1961-1967.1996     Document Type: Article

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