IL-6 KO mice develop experimental amoebic liver infection with eosinophils

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1424-1428

  Estrada Villaseñor, Eréndira ^a   Morales Montor, Jorge ^a,b   Rodríguez Dorantes, Mauricio ^a,b   Ramos Martínez, Espiridión ^a,c   Néquiz Avendaño, Mario ^a,c   Ostoa Saloma, Pedro ^a,b  

^a SECRETARÍA DE SALUD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

IMMUNE RESPONSE; RODENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EOSINOPHILIA; INFLAMMATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER AMEBIASIS; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EOSINOPHILIA; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

CRICETINAE; MUS;

EID: 38849148471     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1223.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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