Effect of treatment with cyclophosphamide in low doses upon the onset of delayed type hypersensitivity in mice chronically infected with Trypanosoma cruzi: Involvement of heart interstitial dendritic cells

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 691-698

  Thé, Torriceli Souza ^a   Portella, Renata Siqueira ^a   Guerreiro, Marcos Lázaro ^a   Andrade, Sonia Gumes ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chronic myocarditis; Cyclophosphamide; Delayed hypersensitivity; Heart dendritic cells; Murine infection; Trypanosoma cruzi

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITEMIA; SKIN TEST; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

ANIMALS; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CHAGAS CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DENDRITIC CELLS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITEMIA; SKIN TESTS; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 84891586857     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/0074-0276108062013004     Document Type: Article

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