Trypanosoma brucei infection elicits nitric oxide-dependent and nitric oxide-independent suppressive mechanisms

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 429-439

  Beschin, Alain ^a,b   Brys, Lea ^a   Magez, Stefan ^a   Radwanska, Magda ^a   De Baetselier, Patrick ^a  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Interferon deficient mice; Myeloid precursor cells; Trypanosoma brucei brucei

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

EID: 0031969369     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jlb.63.4.429     Document Type: Article

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