The Leishmania infantum acidic ribosomal protein LiP2a induces a prominent humoral response in vivo and stimulates cell proliferation in vitro and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) production by murine splenocytes

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 212-218

  Soto, M ^a   Alonso, C ^a   Requena, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acidic ribosomal protein; Humoral response; Interferon gamma lymphoproliferation; Leishmania

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; RIBOSOME PROTEIN LIP2A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RIBOSOMAL PROTEINS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0033750826     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2000.01372.x     Document Type: Article

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