Regulatory cytokines in the lymphatic pathology of athymic mice infected with Brugia malayi

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 561-565

  Rao, U R ^a,c   Vickery, A C ^a   Kwa, B H ^a   Nayar, J K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia malayi; cytokines; dilation; inflammation; lymph; nude mice; pathology

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRUGIA MALAYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0030152948     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00036-7     Document Type: Article

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