Neutrophil depletion during Toxoplasma gondii infection leads to impaired immunity and lethal systemic pathology

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 4898-4905

  Bliss, S K ^a   Gavrilescu, L C ^a   Alcaraz, A ^a   Denkers, E Y ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPENIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEUTROPHILS; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0034921188     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.8.4898-4905.2001     Document Type: Article

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