Strong expression of TGF-beta in human host tissues around subcutaneous Dirofilaria repens

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1347-1354

  Brattig, Norbert W ^a   Racz, Paul ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^b   Büttner, Dietrich W ^a  

^a BERNHARD NOCHT INSTITUTE FOR TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA DR ANTIGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; DIROFILARIA REPENS; DIROFILARIASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIASIS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGES; SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; WOLBACHIA;

DIROFILARIA; DIROFILARIA REPENS; ENDOBACTERIA; NEMATODA; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 79959378654     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2028-2     Document Type: Article

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