Specific humoral immunity versus polyclonal B Cell activation in trypanosoma cruzi infection of susceptible and resistant mice

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Bryan, Marianne A ^a   Guyach, Siobhan E ^a   Norris, Karen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD23 ANTIGEN; CD69 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3D RECEPTOR; FAS ANTIGEN; FAS LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; CYTOKINE; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CELL EXPANSION; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; MARGINAL ZONE LIKE B LYMPHOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHAGAS DISEASE; CYTOKINES; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, COMPLEMENT 3D; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 77957902708     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000733     Document Type: Article

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