Lagochilascaris minor: Experimental infection of C57BL/6 and BALB/c isogenic mice reveals the presence of adult worms

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 325-331

  de Freitas, Jaqueline Gleice ^a   de Souza Prudente, Mariana Félix ^a   Spadafora Ferreira, Mônica ^c   Junqueira Kipnis, Ana Paula ^a   de Paula, Élbio Cândido ^b   Tambourgi, Denise Vilarinho ^c   de Souza Lino Júnior, Ruy ^a   Carvalhaes, Mara Silvia ^a  

^a Instituto de Pesquisas Tecnologicas   (Brazil)

^b Araujo Jorge Hospital   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ConA; concanavalina A; ELISA; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Experimental cycle; Experimental lagochilascariosis; Helminth; IFN ; IL; interferon gamma; interleukin; Lagochilascaris minor; Nematode; T helper cell; T regulatory cells; TGF ; Th; TNF ; Tr; transforming growth factor beta; tumour necrosis factor alfa

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD LEVEL; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LAGOCHILASCARIS MINOR; LARVA; LUNG LESION; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEMATODE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ASCARIDIDA INFECTIONS; ASCARIDOIDEA; CATS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; LUNG; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SPLEEN; SURVIVAL RATE;

MUS; VERMES;

EID: 44249102276     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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