Phagocytosis of Leishmania mexicana amastigotes by macrophages leads to a sustained suppression of IL-12 production

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2467-2477

  Weinheber, Nora ^a   Wolfram, Markus ^a   Harbecke, Dorothee ^a   Aebischer, Toni ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INST FÜR BIOLOGIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amastigote; IL 12; Latex bead; Leishmania; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

CD40 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 12; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; HOST CELL; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031903139     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199808)28:08<2467::AID-IMMU2467>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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