IL-18 regulates intestinal mastocytosis and Th2 cytokine production independently of IFN-γ during Trichinella spiralis infection

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2553-2560

  Helmby, Helena ^a   Grencis, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 18;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MAST CELL; MASTOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 0036721693     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.5.2553     Document Type: Article

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