Th2 immune responses in GATA-3-transgenic mice infected with Heligmosomoides polygyrus

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 131, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 11-14

  Watanabe, Naohiro ^a   Tamauchi, Hidekazu ^b   Ozawa, Hideyuki ^a,c   Ito, Mamoru ^d   Ovary, Zoltan ^e   Habu, Sonoko ^c  

^a JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR EXPERIMENTAL ANIMALS   (Japan)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Eosinophilia; GATA 3; Heligmosomoides polygyrus; IgE; Mastocytosis; Th2

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TH2 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILIA; EOSINOPHILS; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GOBLET CELLS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTESTINE, SMALL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TH2 CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0037639876     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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