The human hookworm pathogen Necator americanus induces apoptosis in T lymphocytes

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 21-29

  Chow, Sek C ^a   Brown, Alan ^b   Pritchard, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Hookworm; Necator americanus

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN K 562; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROLEUKEMIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATION; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MONOCYTE; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; APOPTOSIS; CELL LINEAGE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ERYTHROCYTES; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; HUMANS; JURKAT CELLS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MONOCYTES; NECATOR AMERICANUS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033956299     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2000.00270.x     Document Type: Article

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