Murine filariasis: Interleukin 4 and interleukin 5 lead to containment of different worm developmental stages

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-31

  Volkmann, Lars ^a   Bain, Odile ^b   Saeftel, Michael ^a   Specht, Sabine ^a   Fischer, Kerstin ^a   Brombacher, Frank ^c   Matthaei, Klaus I ^d   Hoerauf, Achim ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d Biology and Environment   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Interleukin 4; Interleukin 5; Murine filariasis; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 4 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MICROFILARIASIS; MOUSE; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT DISEASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0344211404     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-002-0155-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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