Garlic induces a shift in cytokine pattern in Leishmania major-infected BALB/c mice

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 491-495

  Ghazanfari, T ^a   Hassan, Z M ^b   Ebtekar, M ^b   Ahmadiani, A ^c   Naderi, G ^b   Azar, A ^b  

^a SHAHED UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; MEGLUMINE ANTIMONATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GARLIC; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GARLIC; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MEGLUMINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0033661488     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3083.2000.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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