The host-parasite neuroimmunoendocrine network in schistosomiasis: Consequences to the host and the parasite

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 599-608

  Morales Montor, J ^a   Hall, C A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; DHEA; Host; Immune response; Neuroimmunoendocrine network; Schistosomiasis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HORMONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AGE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EFFECTOR CELL; GENDER; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SEX FACTORS;

SCHISTOSOMA;

EID: 36549016069     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2007.00968.x     Document Type: Review

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