Regulatory T cells enhance susceptibility to experimental Trypanosoma Congolense infection independent of mouse genetic background

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Okwor, Ifeoma ^a   Onyilagha, Chukwunonso ^a   Kuriakose, Shiby ^a   Mou, Zhirong ^a   Jia, Ping ^a   Uzonna, Jude E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASILIXIMAB; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; CYTOKINE;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL EXPANSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE DEPLETION; MOUSE; NAGANA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE LOAD; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SPLEEN; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; AFRICAN TRYPANOSOMIASIS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; LIVER; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PARASITEMIA; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRYPANOSOMA CONGOLENSE; TRYPANOSOMIASIS, AFRICAN;

EID: 84864585390     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001761     Document Type: Article

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