Measuring immune system variation to help understand host-pathogen community dynamics

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 807-823

  Bradley, J E ^a   Jackson, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co infection; Community ecology; Cytokine; Immunology; Parasite; Pathogen; T helper cell; Th17; Toll like receptor; Treg

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA INTERFERON; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 10; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HELPER CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INNATE IMMUNITY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TRICHURIS;

ANIMALS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 46249089192     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008000322     Document Type: Review

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