Leishmania-specific T cells expressing interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and IL- 10 upon activation are expanded in individuals cured of visceral leishmaniasis

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 500-504

  Kemp, Kåre ^a   Kemp, M ^a   Kharazmi, A ^a   Ismail, A ^a,c   Kurtzhals, J A L ^b   Hviid, L ^a   Theander, T G ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Flow cytometry; Leishmaniasis

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0033001096     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1999.00918.x     Document Type: Article

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