Susceptibility to Mycobacterium leprae of congenic hypertensive nude rat (SHR/NCrj-rnu) and production of cytokine from the resident peritoneal macrophages

Japanese Journal of Leprosy

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 39-45

  Yogi, Yasuko ^a   Endoh, Masurni ^a   Banba, Tornoko ^a   Kobayashi, Masanori ^a   Katoh, Hideki ^a   Suzuki, Koichi ^a   Nomaguchi, Hiroko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenic hypertensive nude rats; F344 NJcl rnu; Mycobacterium leprae; SHR NCrj rnu

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CONGENIC STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEPROSY; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

EID: 0036239713     PISSN: 13423681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5025/hansen.71.39     Document Type: Article

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