Resistance to Encephalitozoon intestinalis is associated with interferon-γ and interleukin-2 cytokines in infected mice

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 297-303

  El Fakhry, Youssef ^a   Achbarou, Abderrahim ^a   Desportes, Isabelle ^a   Mazier, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Experimental model; Microsporidia; Resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INOCULATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPH NODE CELL; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RABBITS; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MURINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035729094     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00386.x     Document Type: Article

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