Immune responses of mice intraduodenally infected with toxoplasma gondii KI-1 tachyzoites

Korean Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-123

  Shin, Eun Hee ^a,b   Chun, Yeoun Sook ^c   Kim, Won Hee ^a   Kim, Jae Lip ^a   Pyo, Kyoung Ho ^a   Chai, Jong Yil ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Immunosuppression; Intraduodenal infection; Korean isolate 1 (KI 1); Toxoplasma gondii

Indexed keywords

B1 PROTEIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; B1 GENE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; GENE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TACHYZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DUODENUM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; LYMPH NODES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RODENT DISEASES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 79959846534     PISSN: 00234001     EISSN: 17380006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3347/kjp.2011.49.2.115     Document Type: Article

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