Age-dependency of Plasmodium falciparum-specific and non-specific T cell cytokine responses in individuals from a malaria-endemic area

European Cytokine Network

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-143

  Ramharter, Michael ^a,b,c   Winkler, Heidi ^a,c   Kremsner, Peter G ^b,c   Adegnika, Ayola A ^b,c   Willheim, Martin ^a   Winkler, Stefan ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immunity; Plasmodium falciparum malaria; T cells

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 8; IONOMYCIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CD3 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; MALARIA; MALE; PARASITISM; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; T LYMPHOCYTE; AFRICA; AGE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MIDDLE AGED;

PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, CENTRAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD3; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 32944460188     PISSN: 11485493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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