Cutaneous leishmaniasis in naturally infected dogs is associated with a T helper-2-biased immune response

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 166-175

  Brachelente, C ^a   Muller N ^b   Doherr, M G ^b   Sattler, U ^b   Welle, M ^b  

^a Department of Biopathological Sciences ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canine; IFN ; IL 13; IL 4; Leishmaniasis; Quantitative PCR; Skin; TNF

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOG; HELPER CELL; HISTOLOGY; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PLASMA CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DOG DISEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; TH2 CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 20144362682     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.42-2-166     Document Type: Article

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