Mediastinal lymph node cells of Angiostrongylus cantonensis-infected rats respond to antigens and release interleukin-5 in vitro

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 543-551

  Sugaya, Hiroko ^a   Yoshimura, Kentaro ^a   Abe, Tatsuya ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis; anti mouse IL 5 antibody; bone marrow culture; eosinophils; interleukin 5; mediastinal lymph node cells; rat

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS; ARTICLE; EOSINOPHILIA; KINETICS; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 0030152848     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)89382-9     Document Type: Article

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