Influence of gender and age on course of infection and cytokine responses in mice with disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-37

  Lortholary, O ^a   Improvisi, L ^a   Fitting, C ^a   Cavaillon, J M ^a   Dromer, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Cryptococcus neoformans; Cytokines; Experimental model; Host factors; Sex

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALIA; FILOBASIDIELLA NEOFORMANS; MURINAE;

EID: 0036038222     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-0691.2002.00375.x     Document Type: Article

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