Humanized HLA-DR4 mice fed with the protozoan pathogen of oysters Perkinsus marinus (Dermo) do not develop noticeable pathology but elicit systemic immunity

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Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wijayalath, Wathsala ^a   Majji, Sai ^a   Kleschenko, Yuliya ^a   Pow Sang, Luis ^b   Brumeanu, Teodor D ^b   Villasante, Eileen Franke ^a   Vasta, Gerardo R ^c   Fernández Robledo, José Antonio ^c,d   Casares, Sofia ^a,b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; ESTUARY; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; SHELLFISH; SPLEEN; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALVEOLATA; ANIMALS; HLA-DR4 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OSTREIDAE; SHELLFISH;

EID: 84900318484     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087435     Document Type: Article

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