Partial purification of a potent immunosuppressive factor excreted from Leishmania major promastigote and amastigote

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-99

  Abolhassani, Mohsen ^a   Darabi, Haideh ^a  

^a PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Amastigote; Immunosuppressive Factor; Leishmania major; Promastigote; Purification

Indexed keywords

MITOGENIC AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PROMASTIGOTE;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR;

EID: 33645976140     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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