Suppression of in vitro IFN-γ production by spleen cells of Plasmodium chabaudi-infected C57BL/10 mice exposed to dexamethasone at a low dose

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 141-152

  Tsutsui, Naohisa ^a   Kamiyama, Tsuneo ^b  

^a MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; IFN ; Plasmodium chabaudi

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW; SPLEEN CELL;

EID: 0031847424     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(98)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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