In pregnant mice, the infection of Toxoplasma gondii causes the decrease of CD4+CD25+-regulatory T cells

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 471-481

  Ge, Y Y ^a,b   Zhang, L ^a   Zhang, G ^a   Wu, J P ^c   Tan, M J ^a   Hu, W ^a   Liang, Y J ^a   Wang, Y ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c WOMEN S HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abortion; CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells; Foxp3; Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ABORTION; ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FETUS WASTAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN CELL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 49249138306     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2008.01044.x     Document Type: Article

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