The immunization protocol determines whether endogenous interferon-γ suppresses the infiltration of eosinophils into the conjunctiva

Immunology Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 189-194

  Fukushima, Atsuki ^a   Yamaguchi, Tomoko ^a   Ishida, Waka ^a   Fukata, Kazuyo ^a   Ozaki, Akemi ^a   Ueno, Hisayuki ^a  

^a KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active immunization; Allergic conjunctivitis; Interferon gamma; Knockout mouse

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EMULSION; EOSINOPHIL; FOOT PAD; HINDLIMB; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION SITE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RAGWEED; SERUM; SPLEEN; TAIL; TIME; WILD TYPE;

ALLERGENS; AMBROSIA; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; EOSINOPHILS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; POLLEN; SPLEEN;

EID: 24344450753     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2005.04.012     Document Type: Article

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