Splenectomy does not interfere with immune response to Leishmania major infection in mice

Cellular Immunology

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Maioli, T U ^a   Carneiro, C M ^b   Assis, F A ^a   Faria, A M C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

IFN gamma; Immune protection; Leishmania major; Spleen

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD LEVEL; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLENECTOMY;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; HINDLIMB; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; SKIN; SPLENECTOMY;

LEISHMANIA MAJOR; MUS;

EID: 38349161958     PISSN: 00088749     EISSN: 10902163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cellimm.2007.11.003     Document Type: Article

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