Cellular and cytokine characterization of vascular inflammation in CBA/J mice chronically infected with Trypanosoma cruzi

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 480-484

  Sunnemark, D ^a   Frostegard J ^b   Orn A ^a   Harris, R A ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GENE PRODUCT; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; NITRIC OXIDE; SIALIDASE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; MYOCARDITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; SUPPRESSOR CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALS; AORTITIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-6; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0031759007     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1998.00410.x     Document Type: Article

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