IL-13 gene-deficient mice are susceptible to cutaneous L. mexicana infection

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3255-3260

  Sosa, Mariam Rodriguez ^a   Rosas, Lucia E ^b   McKenzie, Andrew N J ^c   Satoskar, Abhay R ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IL 13; Leishmania mexicana; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; GENETIC DISORDER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 0035184650     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200111)31:11<3255::AID-IMMU3255>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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