Expression of IFN-γ, TNF-α, IL-10 and TGF-β in lymph nodes associates with parasite load and clinical form of disease in dogs naturally infected with Leishmania (Leishmania) chagasi

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-358

  Alves, Cíntia F ^a   de Amorim, Izabela F G ^a   Moura, Eliane P ^a   Ribeiro, Raul R ^a   Alves, Cibele F ^b   Michalick, Marilene S ^a   Kalapothakis, Evanguedes ^a   Bruna Romero, Oscar ^a   Tafuri, Wagner L ^a   Teixeira, Mauro M ^a   Melo, Maria N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio Tafuri de Patologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Leishmania chagasi; Prescapular lymph nodes; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOG; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA CHAGASI; LYMPH NODE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISCERAL LEISHMANIASIS;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEISHMANIA; LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL; LYMPH NODES; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI CHAGASI;

EID: 61549136701     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2008.11.020     Document Type: Article

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