IL-5-dependent immunity to microfilariae is independent of IL-4 in a mouse model of onchocerciasis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 5436-5440

  Hogarth, Philip J ^a   Taylor, Mark J ^a   Bianco, Albert E ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SWITCHING; MICROFILARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILARIA; ONCHOCERCA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; TH1 CELLS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0032101954     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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