Tamoxifen treatment induces protection in murine cysticercosis

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1512-1517

  Vargas Villavicencio, J Antonio ^a   Larralde, Carlos ^a   De León Nava, Marco A ^a   Escobedo, Galileo ^a   Morales Montor, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOTILITY; PARASITE; RODENT; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG EFFECT; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TAENIA CRASSICEPS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PERITONEAL CAVITY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SPLEEN; TAENIA; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE;

MURINAE; MUS; TAENIA CRASSICEPS;

EID: 38849135617     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1191.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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