Kinetics of IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-10 and IL-4 production by mononuclear cells stimulated with gp43 peptides, in patients cured of paracoccidioidomycosis

Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-162

  Sadahiro, Aya ^b   Diogo, Constancia Lima ^a   Oshiro, Telma Miyuki ^a   Shikanai Yasuda, Maria Aparecida ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Gp43; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Paracoccidioidomycosis; Peptides

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 43; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KINETICS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS; SOUTH AMERICAN BLASTOMYCOSIS;

PARACOCCIDIOIDES BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 34250351825     PISSN: 00378682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0037-86822007000200003     Document Type: Article

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