Infection with Toxoplasma gondii reduces established and developing Th2 responses induced by Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infection

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 3812-3822

  Liesenfeld, Oliver ^a   Dunay, Ildiko R ^a   Erb, Klaus J ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EGG PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HELMINTHIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE INFECTION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; MOUTH INFECTION; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; IMMUNITY; MICE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 3042544228     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.7.3812-3822.2004     Document Type: Article

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