Persistent G. lamblia impairs growth in a murine malnutrition model

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2672-2684

  Bartelt, Luther A ^a   Roche, James ^a   Kolling, Glynis ^a   Bolick, David ^a   Noronha, Francisco ^a   Naylor, Caitlin ^a   Hoffman, Paul ^a   Warren, Cirle ^a   Singer, Steven ^b   Guerrant, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 15; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA EXTRACTION; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIASIS; HYPERPLASIA; IN VIVO STUDY; INFECTION RISK; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUNTING;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DUODENUM; EOSINOPHILS; GENE EXPRESSION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH DISORDERS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; ILEUM; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-5; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PARASITE LOAD;

EID: 84878531811     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: 15588238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI67294     Document Type: Article

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