IL-4 Is Protective Against Development of Toxoplasmic Encephalitis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2564-2569

  Suzuki, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Yang, Qing ^a   Yang, Shumin ^a,b   Nguyen, Nhung ^a   Lim, Samantha ^a   Liesenfeld, Oliver ^a,b   Kojima, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Remington, Jack S ^a,b  

^a PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; ENCEPHALITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITIS; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030587164     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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