Parasite Antigen-Driven Basophils Are a Major Source of IL-4 in Human Filarial Infections

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2439-2445

  Mitre, Edward ^a   Taylor, Rebekah T ^a   Kubofcik, Joseph ^a   Nutman, Thomas B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 4; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BRUGIA MALAYI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILARIASIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0842343435     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.4.2439     Document Type: Article

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