Protected Trypanosoma cruzi infection in rats born to mothers receiving interferon-gamma during gestation is associated with a decreased intramacrophage parasite growth and preferential synthesis of specific IgG2b antibodies

International Journal of Immunopharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-55

  Didoli, Griselda L ^a   Davila, Hector O ^a   Feldman, Sara ^a   Di Masso, Ricardo ^a   Revelli, Silvia S ^a   Bottasso, Oscar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

IgG subclasses; Interferon gamma; Macrophage infectivity; Pregnancy; Rats; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2B; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFECTION RISK; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MATING; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; MACROPHAGES; NITRIC OXIDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RATS; SULFOGLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0033957104     PISSN: 01920561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0192-0561(99)00063-6     Document Type: Article

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