The lack of suppressor of cytokine signalling-1 (SOCS1) protects mice from the development of cerebral malaria caused by Plasmodium berghei ANKA

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 113-118

  Bullen, Denise V R ^a   Hansen, Diana S ^a   Siomos, Mary Anne V ^a   Schofield, Louis ^a   Alexander, Warren S ^a   Handman, Emanuela ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (Australia)

^b WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Inflammation; Parasitic protozoan; Th1 Th2 cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN MALARIA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI ANKA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; MALARIA, CEREBRAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0346880191     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2003.00616.x     Document Type: Article

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