Establishment of T-helper-2 immune response based gerbil model of enteric infection

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 668-673

  Sagar, M ^a   Padol, I ^a   Khan, W I ^a   Bonin, R P ^a   Blennerhassett, P A ^a   Hunt, R H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Gerbils; Goblet cells; IgG1; Th 2; Trichinella spiralis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL POPULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ENTEROPATHY; EOSINOPHIL; EUTHANASIA; GERBIL; GOBLET CELL; HELPER CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE INFECTION; KINETICS; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS; WORM;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTESTINE, SMALL; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TIME FACTORS; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

EID: 3142731572     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520410005315     Document Type: Article

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