BeWo trophoblast cell susceptibility to Toxoplasma gondii is increased by interferon-γ, interleukin-10 and transforming growth factor-β1

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 536-545

  Barbosa, B F ^a   Silva, D A O ^a   Costa, I N ^a   Mineo, J R ^a   Ferro, E A V ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Human trophoblast; Immunomodulation; Maternal fetal interface; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 10 ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MICROSCOPY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TROPHOBLAST;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERFERON-GAMMA, RECOMBINANT; INTERLEUKIN-10; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TROPHOBLASTS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 38549133400     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2007.03583.x     Document Type: Article

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