Immune response in mice infected by Encephalitozoon cuniculi and suppressed by dexamethasone

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-69

  Valenčáková, Alexandra ^a   Halánová, Monika ^b   Balent P ^a   Dvorožňáková, Emília ^c   Jamborová, Erika ^b   Lesnik F ^a   Neuschl, J ^a   Palenik L' ^a   Čisláková, Lydia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

^b P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^c INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Immunosuppression; Mice; Phagocytic activity; Proliferative response

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INJECTION SITE; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE TRANSFORMATION; MITOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOLOGY; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; RODENT DISEASE;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MICROSPORIDIA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; DEXAMETHASONE; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; RODENT DISEASES;

EID: 2342570257     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.52.2004.1.7     Document Type: Article

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