Immunological tolerance to pig-serum partially inhibits the formation of septal fibrosis of the liver in Capillaria hepatica-infected rats

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 703-707

  Andrade, Rodrigo Guimarães ^a   Gotardo, Bruna Magalhães ^a   Assis, Bárbara Cristina A ^a   Mengel, José ^a   Andrade, Zilton A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Capillaria hepatica; Hepatic septal fibrosis; Pig serum model

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA HEPATICA; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LIVER FIBROSIS; MALE; NEMATODIASIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SERUM; SWINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; CAPILLARIA; CAPILLARIA HEPATICA; HEPATICA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 14044266364     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762004000700007     Document Type: Article

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