Leishmania donovani infection of a susceptible host results in CD4+ T- cell apoptosis and decreased Th1 cytokine production

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-310

  Das, G ^a   Vohra, H ^b   Rao, K ^c   Saha, B ^a,d   Mishra, G C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

^b POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^c International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnlogy   (India)

^d NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; HELPER CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0033057589     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.1999.00486.x     Document Type: Article

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