Kinetics of T cell cytokine gene expression in gerbils after a primary subcutaneous Brugia pahangi infection

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 264-268

  Chirgwin, S R ^a   Rao, U R ^a   Mai, Z ^a   Coleman, S U ^a   Nowling, J M ^a   Klei, T R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA;

PARASITISM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOWN REGULATION; EOSINOPHILIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GERBIL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KINETICS; MICROFILARIA; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMARY INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FILARIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

ANIMALIA; BRUGIA; BRUGIA PAHANGI; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 19944364869     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-348R     Document Type: Article

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