Enhanced protection against Heligmosomoides polygyrus in IL-2 receptor β-Chain overexpressed transgenic mice with intestinal mastocytosis

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 849-851

  Morimoto, Masahiro ^a   Utsumiya, Kyoko ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heligmosomoides polygyrus; IL 2 receptor chain overexpression; Mast cell; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL COUNT; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; MOUSE; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; NOTE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; STRONGYLE INFECTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FECES; FEMALE; INTERLEUKIN-2 RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; MALE; MASTOCYTOSIS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS;

HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; VERMES;

EID: 79960107133     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0566     Document Type: Note

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