Protective effect of neoglycoprotein-Conjugated muramyl dipeptide against leishmania donovani infection: The role of cytokines

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 5357-5365

  Sarkar, Kakali ^a   Das, Pijush K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG CARRIER; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; N ACETYLMURAMYLALANYL DEXTRO ISOGLUTAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACROPHAGE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ACETYLMURAMYL-ALANYL-ISOGLUTAMINE; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG CARRIERS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 0031154584     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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