Entamoeba histolytica: Immunohistochemical study of hepatic amoebiasis in mouse. Neutrophils and nitric oxide as possible factors of resistance

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-56

  Jarillo Luna, R A ^a   Campos Rodriguez R ^b   Tsutsumi, V ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; INOCULATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C3H; NECROSIS; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II;

ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0036591273     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4894(02)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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