A novel approach to regulate experimental visceral leishmaniasis in murine macrophages using CCR5 siRNA

Scandinavian Journal of Immunology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 345-353

  Bhattacharyya, S ^a   Dey, R ^a   Majumder, N ^a   Bhattacharjee, S ^a   Majumdar, S ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; CYTOKINE; NITRIC OXIDE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; MACROPHAGE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RNA INTERFERENCE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; FEMALE; GENE SILENCING; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECEPTORS, CCR5; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 40849094510     PISSN: 03009475     EISSN: 13653083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3083.2008.02076.x     Document Type: Article

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