Importance of immunoglobulin E (IgE) in the protective mechanism against gastrointestinal nematode infection: Looking at the intestinal mucosae

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 291-299

  Negrão Corrêa, Deborah ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal nematodes; Immunoglobulin E; Intestinal immunity; Rats

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NEMATODIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; RATS;

EID: 0040154301     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652001000500011     Document Type: Review

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