In vivo IL-12 production and IL-12 receptors β1 and β2 mRNA expression in the spleen are differentially up-regulated in resistant B6 and susceptible A/J mice during early blood-stage Plasmodium chabaudi AS malaria

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1582-1589

  Sam, Hakeem ^a   Stevenson, Mary M ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 12 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HELPER CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALARIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM CHABAUDI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SPLEEN;

EID: 0033082520     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.162.3.1582     Document Type: Article

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