Dominant T-cell epitopes of filarial BmALT-2 and their cytokine profile in BALB/c mice

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 760-763

  Madhumathi, J ^a   Prince, P R ^a   Nageswara Rao, D ^b   Kaliraj, P ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

ALT 2; Filariasis; T epitopes

Indexed keywords

EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; PROTEIN ABUNDANT LARVAL TRANSCRIPT 2; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; FEMALE; FILARIA; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA MALAYI; CYTOKINES; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; FEMALE; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

MUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 78650446794     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2010.01239.x     Document Type: Article

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