The role of specific Toxoplasma gondii molecules in manipulation of innate immunity

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 491-494

  Pollard, Angela M ^a   Knoll, Laura J ^a   Mordue, Dana G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 2; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; STAT3 PROTEIN; STAT6 PROTEIN;

CELL SURVIVAL; DENDRITIC CELL; GENOTYPE; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

ANIMALS; CYCLOPHILINS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIPOXYGENASE; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PROFILINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 70350005355     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.07.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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