Stat6 dependent goblet cell hyperplasia during intestinal nematode infection

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-42

  Khan, W I ^a   Blennerhasset, P ^a   Ma, C ^a   Matthaei, K I ^b   Collins, S M ^a   Kojima, S ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Biology and Environment   (Australia)

^c Asian Centre of International Parasite Control (ACIPAC)   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Goblet cells; Mucin; Stat6; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; STAT6 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GOBLET CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH2 CELL; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

ANIMALS; GOBLET CELLS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

EID: 0035127015     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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