Immunomodulatory properties of Mycoplasma pulmonis. I. Characterization of the immunomodulatory activity

International Immunopharmacology

Volumn 1, Issue 9-10, 2001, Pages 1679-1688

  Romero Rojas, A ^a,d   Ponce Hernandez C ^a   Ciprian A ^a   Estrada Parra, S ^b   Hadden, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Unidad Militar   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Immunomodulation; Mycoplasma; Mycoplasma infection; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; CARBON COLLOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLEARANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MOUSE; MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; SPLEEN WEIGHT;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ERYTHROCYTES; KINETICS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MYCOPLASMA; ORGAN SIZE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PNEUMONIA, MYCOPLASMA; SHEEP; SPLEEN;

EID: 0034885882     PISSN: 15675769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-5769(01)00078-9     Document Type: Article

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