Mapping of chromosomal regions influencing immunological responses to gastrointestinal nematode infections in mice

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 341-349

  Menge, David M ^a,c   Behnke, Jerzy M ^b   Lowe, Anna ^b   Gibson, John P ^a   Iraqi, Fuad A ^a   Baker, R Leyden ^a   Wakelin, Derek ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYATTA UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Heligmosomoides polygyrus; Immunological responses; Mice; Quantitative trait loci

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 13; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 18; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENOME; GRANULOMA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE PARASITE; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHYMASES; CROSSES, GENETIC; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GRANULOMA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

ANIMALIA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0348140958     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2003.00640.x     Document Type: Article

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