Exogenous interleukin-12 (IL-12) exacerbates Cryptosporidium parvum infection in gamma interferon knockout mice

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 123-133

  Smith, L Mary ^a,b   Bonafonte, María Teresa ^a,b   Campbell, Lori D ^a,b   Mead, Jan R ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

6m CSF, granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor; C. parvum, cryptosporidium parvun; ConA, concanavalin A; Cryptosporidium parvum, interleukin 12, gamma interferon knockout mice; HPRT, hypoxanthine phosphoribusyl transferase; Leishmania donovani, L. donovani; TNF , tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; SURVIVAL TIME; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI;

EID: 0034841642     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/expr.2001.4627     Document Type: Article

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