NK T cells are a source of early interleukin-4 following infection with third-stage larvae of the filarial nematode Brugia pahangi

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 2215-2219

  Balmer, Paul ^a   Devaney, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LARVA; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; BRUGIA PAHANGI; FILARIASIS; INTERLEUKIN-4; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LARVA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

EID: 0036127076     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.4.2215-2219.2002     Document Type: Article

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