Down-regulation of murine susceptibility to cerebral malaria by inoculation with third-stage larvae of the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi

Parasitology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 333-338

  Yan, Y ^a   Inuo, G ^a   Akao, N ^a   Tsukidate, S ^a   Fujita, K ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brugia pahangi; Cytokines; Eosinophilia; IgE; Plasmodium berghei ANKA

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN MALARIA; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EOSINOPHILIA; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; MICROFILARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EOSINOPHILS; FILARIASIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TH2 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA PAHANGI; MURINAE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 0030902207     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182096008566     Document Type: Article

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