Regulated upon activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) contributes to abortion caused by Brucella abortus infection in pregnant mice

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 681-686

  Watanabe, Kenta ^a   Iwai, Natsumi ^a   Tachibana, Masato ^a   Furuoka, Hidefumi ^a   Suzuki, Hiroshi ^a   Watarai, Masahisa ^a,b  

^a OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abortion; Brucella abortus; IFN ; RANTES

Indexed keywords

CCL2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; RANTES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; PREGNANCY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CHEMOKINE CCL2; CHEMOKINE CCL5; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PREGNANCY;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR ABORTUS; MUS;

EID: 49449111921     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.70.681     Document Type: Article

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