Immune-mediated damage is not essential for the expulsion of Nippostrongylus brasiliensis adult worms from the small intestine of mice

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 381-386

  Ishiwata, Kenji ^a   Nakao, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura Uchiyama, Fukumi ^a   Nawa, Yukifumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Damage; Expulsion; Intestine; Mice; Nippostrongylus brasiliensis

Indexed keywords

STAT6 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WORM EXPULSION;

ANIMALS; FECES; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; NEMATODA; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0036421518     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2002.00472.x     Document Type: Article

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