Infection with Brugia microfilariae induces apoptosis of CD4+ T lymphocytes: A mechanism of immune unresponsiveness in filariasis

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 858-867

  Jenson, Jessica S ^a   O'Connor, Richard ^a   Osborne, Julie ^a   Devaney, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Carboxyfluorescein diacetate succinimidyl ester; Effector T cell; IFN ; Inducible nitric oxide synthase

Indexed keywords

AMINOGUANIDINE; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MICROFILARIA; MOUSE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; APOPTOSIS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FILARIASIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GERBILLINAE; GUANIDINES; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROFILARIA; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PARASITEMIA; SPLEEN; SUCCINIMIDES; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0036206473     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4141(200203)32:3<858::AID-IMMU858>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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