Virulent Toxoplasma gondii strain RH promotes T-cell-independent overproduction of proinflammatory cytokines IL12 and γ-interferon

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 869-876

  Nguyen, T D ^a   Bigaignon, G ^a   Markine Goriaynoff, D ^b   Heremans, H ^d   Nguyen, T N ^a   Warnier, G ^c   Delmee, M ^a   Warny, M ^e   Wolf, S F ^f   Uyttenhove, C ^c   Van Snick, J ^c   Coutelier, J P ^b  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b Experimental Medicine Unit   (Belgium)

^c DE DUVE INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^d REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPLEEN CELL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, SCID; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0142029555     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.04860-0     Document Type: Article

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