Interleukin 4 is a crucial cytokine in controlling Trypanosoma brucei gambiense infection in mice

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 173-184

  Inoue, Noboru ^a   Inoue, Misuzu ^a   Kuriki, Ken ^a   Yamaguchi, Hitoshi ^a   Nagasawa, Hideyuki ^a   Mikami, Takeshi ^a   Fujisaki, Kozo ^a   Suzuki, Naoyoshi ^a   Hirumi, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

CD4+ T cell; IL 4; Mice; Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0032860263     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(99)00143-0     Document Type: Article

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