Proliferation of Toxoplasma gondii in inflammatory macrophages in vivo is associated with diminished oxygen radical production in the host cell

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 433-441

  Shrestha, Sunder P ^a   Tomita, Tadakimi ^a   Weiss, Louis M ^a   Orlofsky, Amos ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Macrophages; Mice; Reactive oxygen species; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

HYDROETHIDINE; OXYGEN RADICAL; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CELL ORGANELLE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DRUG ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOST CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 33646545071     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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