Cytokine response in the intestinal mucosa of hamsters infected with Taenia solium

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1149, Issue , 2008, Pages 170-173

  Avila, Guillermina ^a   Aguilar, Laura ^a   Romero Valdovinos, Mirza ^b   Garcia Vazquez, Francisco ^c   Flisser, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL DR MANUEL GEA GONZÁLEZ   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Experimental taeniosis; Hamsters; In situ hybridization; Mucosal immunity; Taenia solium

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; HAMSTER; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; CRICETINAE; TAENIA SOLIUM;

EID: 57849145793     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1428.079     Document Type: Conference Paper

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