Tumor necrosis factor alpha is a key mediator in the regulation of experimental Trypanosoma brucei infections

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 3128-3132

  Magez, Stefan ^a,d   Radwanska, Magdalena ^b   Beschin, Alain ^a   Sekikawa, Kenji ^c   De Baetselier, Patrick ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LOCOMOTION; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 0032986496     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.6.3128-3132.1999     Document Type: Article

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