A role for tryptophan in immune control of chlamydial abortion in sheep

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 107-119

  Brown, Jeremy ^a   Howie, Sarah E M ^b   Entrican, Gary ^a  

^a MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Chlamydophila Abortus; Interferon ; Pregnancy; Tryptophan catabolism

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; TRYPTOPHAN;

ABORTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CATABOLISM; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOLYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; SHEEP; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE CULTURE;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; DIOXYGENASES; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; OXYGENASES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TRYPTOPHAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0035965035     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-2427(01)00351-8     Document Type: Article

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