IL-18 cytokine levels modulate innate immune responses and cryptosporidiosis in mice

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-50

  Bedi, Brahmchetna ^a,b   McNair, Nina N ^b   Förster, Irmgard ^c   Mead, Jan R ^a,b  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; cryptosporidium; immunology; intestinal; opportunistic

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CELL ORGANELLE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; RODENT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MUS;

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN; CATHELICIDIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IL33 PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 33; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

AGONISTS; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITOLOGY; SCID MOUSE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ALPHA-DEFENSINS; ANIMALS; BETA-DEFENSINS; CATHELICIDINS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-33; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, SCID; PARASITE LOAD; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84921869136     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12164     Document Type: Article

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