In vitro indomethacin administration upregulates interleukin-12 production and polarizes the immune response towards a Th1 type in susceptible BALB/c mice infected with Leishmania mexicana

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 599-606

  Pérez Santos, José Luis Martín ^a   Talamás Rohana, Patricia ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Indomethacin; Interleukin 12; Leishmania mexicana; Prostaglandin E2; Th1 type immune response

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; DINOPROSTONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INDOMETHACIN; INTERLEUKIN-12; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPHOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MEXICANA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035725122     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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