A role of mast cell glycosaminoglycans for the immunological expulsion of intestinal nematode, Strongyloides venezuelensis

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3749-3754

  Maruyama, Haruhiko ^a   Yabu, Yoshisada ^a   Yoshida, Ayako ^a   Nawa, Yukifumi ^b   Ohta, Nobuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTHELMINTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRONGYLOIDES VENEZUELENSIS; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 0034176101     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.7.3749     Document Type: Article

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