Malaria antigen-mediated enhancement of interleukin-21 responses of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in African adults

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-40

  Mewono, Ludovic ^a,b   Agnandji, Selidji T ^a,b   Matondo Maya, Davy W ^a,b   Mouima, Anne Marie Nkoma ^a   Iroungou, Berthe A ^a   Issifou, Saadou ^a,b   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b  

^a ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

GLURP; IL 21; Malaria; MSP3

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; ERYTHROCYTE BINDING PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUTAMATE RICH PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G3; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 21; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 3; PARASITE ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MALARIA; MALE; MEDIATOR; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKINS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALARIA VACCINES; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049097101     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.01.007     Document Type: Article

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