Cellular immune responses to recombinant Plasmodium vivax tryptophan-rich antigen (PvTRAg) among individuals exposed to vivax malaria

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 6-7, 2008, Pages 379-383

  Alam, M T ^a   Bora, H ^a   Mittra, P ^a   Singh, N ^b   Sharma, Y D ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b Regional Medical Research Centre for Tribals   (India)

Author keywords

Cellular immune responses; Malaria vaccine; Plasmodium vivax; Th1 Th2 cytokines; Tryptophan rich antigen

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PLASMODIUM VIVAX TRYPTOPHAN RICH ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VACCINE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTES; MALARIA, VIVAX; MALE; PLASMODIUM VIVAX; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; PLASMODIUM VIVAX;

EID: 44849095602     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2008.01033.x     Document Type: Article

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