Lack of interferon-γ confers impaired neutrophil granulocyte function and imparts prolonged survival of adult filarial worms in murine filariasis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 203-213

  Saeftel, Michael ^a   Volkmann, Lars ^a   Korten, Simone ^a   Brattig, Norbert ^a   Al Qaoud, Khaled ^a   Fleischer, Bernhard ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Filaria; Helminths; Infection; Interferon gamma; Knockout; Mice; Neutrophil granulocytes

Indexed keywords

CASEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCAPSULATION; FILARIASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROFILARIASIS; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NODULATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; THORAX; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; WORM;

EID: 0034999692     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(01)01372-7     Document Type: Article

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