Untangling the role of eosinophils in trichinellosis: a never-ending story

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 60-61

  Bruschi, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR3; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 1;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; EOSINOPHIL; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; LETTER; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; TH2 CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS; TRICHINOSIS;

ANIMALS; EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; TRICHINELLOSIS;

EID: 74549169974     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2009.11.002     Document Type: Letter

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