Immunopathology of leprosy: The complexity of the mechanisms of host immune response to Mycobacterium leprae

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 365-375

  Bernardes Goulart, Isabela Maria ^a   Penna, Gerson Oliveira ^b   Cunha, Gabriel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Immunopathology; Leprosy; Mycobacterium leprae

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LEPROSY; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TUBERCULOID LEPROSY; ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LEPROSY; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0036020450     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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