Sex-determined resistance against Leishmania mexicana is associated with the preferential induction of a Th1-like response and IFN-γ production by female but not male DBA/2 mice

Immunology and Cell Biology

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-166

  Satoskar, Abhay ^a,b   Al Quassi, Hamid Herrata Khamis ^a   Alexander, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Leishmania mexicana; Sex hormone; Th1 Th2 response

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOST RESISTANCE; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; INTERLEUKIN-5; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4; SEX FACTORS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS MEXICANA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031901588     PISSN: 08189641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1711.1998.00730.x     Document Type: Article

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