Effects of Plasmodium berghei on thymus: High levels of apoptosis and premature egress of CD4+CD8+ thymocytes in experimentally infected mice

Immunobiology

Volumn 216, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1148-1154

  Francelin, Carolina ^a   Paulino, Luciana Campos ^b   Gameiro, Jacy ^c   Verinaud, Liana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Malaria; Plasmodium berghei; Thymic atrophy; Thymocytes; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPEDESIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN REGULATION; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI INFECTION; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS ATROPHY; THYMUS FUNCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; APOPTOSIS; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPH NODES; MALARIA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; THYMOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 80052099025     PISSN: 01712985     EISSN: 18783279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imbio.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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