Downregulation of Selected Cytokines in Amebiasis

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 556-558

  Bekker Mendez, Vilma Carolina ^a   Pérez Castillo, Viola Leticia ^b   Rico Rosillo, María Guadalupe ^a   Pérez Rodríguez, Martha ^a   Arellano Blanco, Jorge ^a   Kretschmer Schmid, Roberto Rodolfo ^a   Talamás Rohana, Patricia ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cytokines; E. histolytica; Inflammation; Lectins

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LECTIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOWN REGULATION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOTYPE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TH1 CELL;

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES;

EID: 33646027291     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2005.09.018     Document Type: Article

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