Shaping the immune response to parasites: Role of dendritic cells

Current Opinion in Immunology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 421-429

  Sher, Alan ^a   Pearce, Edward ^b   Kaye, Paul ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DENDRITIC CELL; EUKARYOTE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITOSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0041402775     PISSN: 09527915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-7915(03)00072-4     Document Type: Review

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