Longitudinal analysis of cytokine gene expression and parasite load in PBMC in Leishmania infantum experimentally infected dogs

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 168-175

  Sanchez Robert, E ^a   Altet, L ^a   Alberola, J ^b   Rodriguez Cortes A ^b   Ojeda, A ^b   Lopez Fuertes L ^c   Timon, M ^c   Sanchez, A ^a   Francino, O ^a  

^a Veterinary Fac   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Mologen Molecular Medicines SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Dog; Gene expression; Leishmania; Longitudinal; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; VIRUS LOAD; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CYTOKINES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 49249089743     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.04.010     Document Type: Article

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