Immunological factors governing resistance and susceptibility of mice to Leishmania major infection

Revista Latinoamericana de Microbiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 135-142

  Aguilar Torrentera, Fabiola ^a   Carlier, Yves ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Immune Response; Leishmania; Susceptibility to Leishmania; Th1; Th2 Paradigm

Indexed keywords

FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD95; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MACROPHAGES; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA SP.;

EID: 0041859666     PISSN: 01874640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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