Gestational attenuation of Lyme arthritis is mediated by progesterone and IL-4

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 7404-7409

  Moro, M H ^a   Bjornsson, J ^a   Marietta, E V ^a   Hofmeister, E K ^a   Germer, J J ^a   Bruinsma, E ^a   David, C S ^a   Persing, D H ^a  

^a Program in Infectious Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BORRELIA BURGDORFERI; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYME DISEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0035876922     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7404     Document Type: Article

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