Expression of Th2 cytokines and the stable Th2 marker ST2L in the absence of IL-4 during Leishmania major infection

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 3621-3628

  Kropf, Pascale ^a   Schopf, Lisa R ^b   Chung, Charles L ^b   Xu, Damo ^c   Liew, Foo Y ^c   Sypek, Joseph P ^b   Müller, Ingrid ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytokine; IL 4; Leishmania; ST2L; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HELPER CELL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CRICETINAE; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0032729433     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-4141(199911)29:11<3621::AID-IMMU3621>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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