Mechanisms of immunity in hydatid disease: Implications for vaccine development

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 181, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 6679-6685

  Zhang, Wenbao ^a   Ross, Allen G ^b   McManus, Donald P ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BCG VACCINE; ECHINOCOCCUS VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; RECOMBINANT INTERLEUKIN 12; RECOMBINANT VACCINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS; ECHINOCOCCUS MULTILOCULARIS; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; ANIMAL; ECHINOCOCCUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; HUMANS; VACCINES;

EID: 58149192462     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.181.10.6679     Document Type: Short Survey

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