The initiation and function of Th2 responses during infection with Schistosoma mansoni

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 452, Issue , 1998, Pages 67-73

  Pearce, Edward J ^a   La Flamme, Anne ^a   Sabin, Elizabeth ^b   Brunet, Laura Rosa ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; IONOMYCIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SURVIVAL;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

EID: 0031755596     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-5355-7_9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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