African trypanosome infections in mice that lack the interferon-γ receptor gene: Nitric oxide-dependent and -independent suppression of T-cell proliferative responses and the development of anaemia

Immunology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 476-480

  Mabbott, N A ^a   Coulson, P S ^b   Smythies, L E ^b   Wilson, R A ^b   Sternberg, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANEMIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANEMIA; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; OMEGA-N-METHYLARGININE; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 0031830887     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2567.1998.00541.x     Document Type: Article

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