Immunomodulation of the hepatic egg granuloma in Schistosoma japonicum-infected pigs

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 681-686

  Hurst, M H ^a   Lola, S G ^a   Lindberg, R ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Granuloma; Immunomodulation; Liver; Pig; Schistosoma japonicum

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULOMA; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFECTION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SWINE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER DISEASES, PARASITIC; OVUM; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; JAPONICA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33750875772     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2006.00921.x     Document Type: Article

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