B cell-deficient mice are highly resistant to Leishmania donovani infection, but develop neutrophil-mediated tissue pathology

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 164, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 3681-3688

  Smelt, Sara C ^a,b   Cotterell, Sara E J ^a   Engwerda, Christian R ^a   Kaye, Paul M ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034176734     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.7.3681     Document Type: Article

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