T cell subpopulations in myocardial inflammatory infiltrates detected by confocal microscopy: Dose dependence in mice treated with cyclophosphamide during acute Trypanosoma cruzi infection

Pathologie Biologie

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 129-134

  Calabrese, K S ^a   Paradela, A S R C ^a   Zaverucha do Valle, T ^a   Tedesco, R C ^b   Leonardo, R ^a   Mortara, R A ^b   Goncalves da Costa S C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chagas' disease; Confocal microscopy; Cyclophosphamide; Immunomodulation

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOCALIZATION; PARASITEMIA; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

EID: 0037701224     PISSN: 03698114     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0369-8114(03)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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