Detection of a novel 40 000 MW excretory Toxoplasma gondii antigen by murine Th1 clone which induces toxoplasmacidal activity when exposed to infected macrophages

Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 284-289

  Reichmann, G ^a   Stachelhaus, S ^a   Meisel, R ^a   Mevelec M N ^b   Dubremetz, J F ^b   Dlugonska, H ^a,c   Fischer, H G ^a,d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^d Inst for Med Microbiol/Virology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIPROTOZOAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LYMPHOCYTE CLONE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0030827838     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1997.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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