The age-related resistance of rats to Plasmodium berghei infection is associated with differential cellular and humoral immune responses

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1067-1078

  Adam, Estelle ^a   Pierrot, Christine ^a   Lafitte, Sophia ^a   Godin, Claude ^a   Saoudi, Abdelhadi ^b   Capron, Monique ^a   Khalife, Jamal ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CHU PURPAN   (France)

Author keywords

Age; Cell mediated immunity; Cytokine; Malaria; Plasmodium berghei; Rat

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

MALARIA;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MALE; MORTALITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 0142124289     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(03)00176-0     Document Type: Article

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