Interleukin-6 deficiency influences cytokine expression in susceptible BALB mice infected with Leishmania major but does not alter the outcome of disease

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 5189-5192

  Titus, R G ^a   Dekrey, G K ^a   Morris, R V ^a   Soares, M B P ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0034924514     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.69.8.5189-5192.2001     Document Type: Article

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