Kinetics of the intracellular differentiation of Leishmania amazonensis and internalization of host MHC molecules by the intermediate parasite stages

Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-279

  Courret, N ^a   Frehel, C ^b   Prina, E ^a   Lang, T ^a   Antoine, J C ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Leishmania; Macrophage; MHC class II molecule

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; LEUCINE METHYL ESTER; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERNALIZATION; LEISHMANIA; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; DOWN-REGULATION; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; KINETICS; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS; LEUCINE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, NUDE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PHAGOCYTOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035084863     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001007387     Document Type: Article

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