Infection of mice lacking interleukin-7 (IL-7) reveals an unexpected role for IL-7 in the development of the parasite Schistosoma mansoni

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 4183-4190

  Wolowczuk, Isabelle ^a   Nutten, Sophie ^b   Roye, Olivier ^a   Delacre, Myriam ^a   Capron, Monique ^b   Murray, Richard M ^c   Trottein, François ^b   Auriault, Claude ^a  

^a Institut de Biologie   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^c MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 7;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE TARGETING; HORMONE RESPONSE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS;

EID: 0032769614     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.8.4183-4190.1999     Document Type: Article

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