Schistosoma mansoni: Sex-specific modulation of parasite growth by host immune signals

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 59-61

  Hernandez, David C ^a   Lim, K C ^a   McKerrow, James H ^a   Davies, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive immunity; Developmental biology; Dioecy; Recombination activating gene; Schistosoma mansoni; Trematode

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DIOECY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; BIOMPHALARIA; CRICETINAE; FEMALE; GENES, RAG-1; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; SEX FACTORS;

SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TREMATODA;

EID: 1542298305     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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