Host NK cells are required for the growth of the human filarial parasite Brugia malayi in mice

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1428-1432

  Babu, Subash ^a   Porte, Patricia ^a   Klei, Thomas R ^b   Shultz, Leonard D ^c   Rajan, T V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; GROWTH REGULATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA MALAYI; CROSSES, GENETIC; FILARIASIS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED NOD; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLY I-C; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL;

EID: 0032145436     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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