Heroes or villains? T regulatory cells in malaria infection

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-25

  Scholzen, Anja ^a   Minigo, Gabriela ^b   Plebanski, Magdalena ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 7 RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR 2;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; EFFECTOR CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITEMIA; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELL;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MICE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

MURINAE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM PARASITES;

EID: 72149128886     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.10.004     Document Type: Review

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