Role of neutrophils in innate resistance to Entamoeba histolytica liver infection in mice

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 255-262

  Velazquez, Carlos ^a   Shibayama Salas, Mineko ^a   Aguirre Garcia, Jesus ^a   Tsutsumi, Victor ^a   Calderon, Jesus ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; E. histolytica; Liver; Mice; Neutrophil

Indexed keywords

DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; LIVER AMEBIASIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER NECROSIS; MALE; MOUSE; NEUTROPENIA; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APOPTOSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHILS;

ANIMALIA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031838174     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1998.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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