Interleukin-6 is required for parasite specific response and host resistance to Trypanosoma cruzi

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 167-170

  Gao, Wenda ^a   Pereira, Miercio A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; IL 6 Immunity; Knockout; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HOST RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPLEEN CELL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHAGAS DISEASE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PARASITEMIA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALIA; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 0036151250     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(01)00322-8     Document Type: Article

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