Analysis of immune lesions in neurocysticercosis patients: Central nervous system response to helminth appears Th1-like instead of Th2

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 89, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 64-72

  Restrepo, Blanca I ^a   Llaguno, Patricia ^b   Sandoval, Miguel A ^c   Enciso, Jose A ^d   Teale, Judy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^d Div Invest Enferm Infecciosas Y   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Neurocysticercosis; Neuroimmunology; Taenia solium; Th1

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; CRANIOTOMY; CYSTICERCOSIS; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BIOPSY; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN DISEASES; CYSTICERCOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MENINGES; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 18144449665     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(98)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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