IL-5 contributes to worm expulsion and muscle hypercontractility in a primary T. spiralis infection

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 2 40-2, 1999, Pages

  Vallance, Bruce A ^a   Blennerhassett, Patricia A ^a   Deng, Yikang ^a   Matthaei, Klaus I ^b   Young, Ian G ^b   Collins, Stephen M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Intestine; Nematode

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHILIA; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE MUSCLE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 0032855701     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.277.2.g400     Document Type: Article

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