Angiostrongylus cantonensis: Effect of combination therapy with albendazole and dexamethasone on Th cytokine gene expression in PBMC from patients with eosinophilic meningitis

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Diao, Zongli ^a   Chen, Xiaohua ^a   Yin, Chenghong ^a   Wang, Jing ^a   Qi, Haiyu ^a   Ji, Aiping ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Albendazole; Angiostrongylus cantonensis; Cytokine; Dexamethasone

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; CYTOKINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; EOSINOPHILIC MENINGITIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; MENINGITIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ALBENDAZOLE; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CYTOKINES; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; SNAILS; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TH2 CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS;

EID: 67949097256     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.04.016     Document Type: Article

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