Effect of melatonin and zinc on the immune response in experimental Toxoplasma retinochoroiditis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 421-425

  Avunduk, Avni Murat ^a   Avunduk, Mustafa Cihat ^b   Baltaci, Abdülkerim Kasim ^b   Moǧulkoç, Rasim ^b  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Pinealectomy; Toxoplasma gondii retinochoroiditis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; MELATONIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHORIORETINITIS; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEALECTOMY; RAT; RETINA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHORIORETINITIS; CHOROID; DRUG SYNERGISM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; ZINC;

EID: 35348972034     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000107504     Document Type: Article

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