IL-4 dependent resistance to the tapeworm Mesocestoides corti (Cestoda) in mice

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 11-12, 2003, Pages 553-557

  Rawat, Jagveer ^a   Dixon, John B ^a   Macintyre, Andrew R ^a   McGarry, Helen F ^b   Taylor, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eosinophil; IL 4; IL 5; Mesocestoides corti; Mouse; T cell; Targeted knockout

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MESOCESTOIDES CORTI; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CESTODE INFECTIONS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; MESOCESTOIDES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; TH2 CELLS;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; MESOCESTOIDES; MESOCESTOIDES CORTI; MURINAE; PLATYHELMINTHES;

EID: 1842534399     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0141-9838.2004.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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