Seropositive human subjects produce interferon gamma after stimulation with recombinant Cryptosporidium hominis gp15

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 583-585

  Preidis, Geoffrey A ^b   Wang, Heuy Ching ^c   Lewis, Dorothy E ^b   Castellanos Gonzalez, Alejandro ^a   Rogers, Kathleen A ^d   Graviss, Edward A ^b   Ward, Honorine D ^e   White Jr , A Clinton ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d CELL SIGNALING TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN; POLYHISTIDINE TAG; RECOMBINANT GLYCOPROTEIN GP 15; RECOMBINANT GLYCOPROTEIN GP 40; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLISM;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 35748945422     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2007.77.583     Document Type: Article

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