Nippostrongylus brasiliensis: Cytokine responses and nematode expulsion in normal and IL-4 deficient mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-73

  Lawrence, Rachel A ^a   Gray, Carolyn A ^a   Osborne, Julie ^a,b   Maizels, Rick M ^a,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELPER CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MALE; MOUSE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 0030272482     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.1996.0090     Document Type: Article

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