Increased interleukin 4 (IL-4) receptor expression and IL-4-induced decrease in IL-12 production by langerhans cells infected with Leishmania major

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1627-1630

  Moll, Heidrun ^a   Scharner, Anabel ^a   Kämpgen, Eckhart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LANGERHANS CELL; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; LANGERHANS CELLS; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-4;

EID: 0036175875     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.3.1627-1630.2002     Document Type: Article

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