IL-4 is required to prevent filarial nematode development in resistant but not susceptible strains of mice

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1277-1284

  Le Goff, Laetitia ^a   Lamb, Tracey J ^a   Graham, Andrea L ^a   Harcus, Yvonne ^a   Allen, Judith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Litomosoides; Murine filariasis; Th1 Th2

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 4;

PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIA; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITOSIS; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TIME; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FILARIASIS; FILARIOIDEA; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROFILARIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

LITOMOSOIDES; LITOMOSOIDES SIGMODONTIS; MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0036710457     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00125-X     Document Type: Article

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