Recombinant tumor necrosis factor alpha does not inhibit the growth of African trypanosomes in axenic cultures

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 2210-2214

  Kitani, Hiroshi ^a   Black, Samuel J ^a   Nakamura, Yoshio ^a   Naessens, Jan ^a   Murphy, Noel B ^a   Yokomizo, Yuichi ^a   Gibson, John ^a   Iraqi, Fuad ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN L 929; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; LD 50; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0036127075     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.2210-2214.2002     Document Type: Article

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