Altered energy balance and cytokine gene expression in a murine model of chronic infection with Toxoplasma gondii

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 272, Issue 5 35-5, 1997, Pages

  Arsenijevic, D ^a   Girardier, L ^a   Seydoux, J ^a   Chang, H R ^b   Dulloo, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cachexia; energy expenditure; thermogenesis; toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CACHEXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERMETABOLISM; HYPOPHAGIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030911334     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.272.5.e908     Document Type: Article

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