Impact of foetus and mother on IFN-γ-induced indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase and inducible nitric oxide synthase expression in murine placenta following Toxoplasma gondii infection

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-258

  Pfaff, Alexander W ^a   Mousli, Marc ^a   Sénégas, Alexandre ^a   Marcellin, Luc ^b   Takikawa, Osamu ^c   Klein, Jean Paul ^a   Candolfi, Ermanno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF STRASBOURG   (France)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

IDO; IFN ; Mouse model; NOS2; Placenta; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON RECEPTOR; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTIVITY; INHIBITION; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME REPRESSION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FETUS CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTERFERON PRODUCTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TROPHOBLAST; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENES, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDOLEAMINE-PYRROLE 2,3,-DIOXYGENASE; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PARASITEMIA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; RECEPTORS, INTERFERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

MURINAE; MUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 37349010360     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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