Heligmosomoides polygyrus superantigen: Differential response with mouse and human lymphocytes

Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 531-536

  Robinson, M ^a   Gustad, T R ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

APC; Heligmosomoides polygyrus; Human; Mouse; Superantigen

Indexed keywords

SECRETORY PROTEIN; SUPERANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOMOGENATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDOMA; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; HUMANS; HYBRIDOMAS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPERANTIGENS;

ANIMALIA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS;

EID: 0030778543     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182097001613     Document Type: Article

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