Interleukin-4 (IL-4) and interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) in pregnant C57BL/6 mice infected with L. major at different gestational periods

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 202-207

  Arinola, O G ^a   Louis, J ^b   Tacchini Cottier, F ^b   Aseffa, A ^b   Salimonu, L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytokines; L.major; Pregnancy; Pregnant mice

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BREEDING; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOT PAD; GESTATIONAL AGE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; LYMPH NODE CELL; MALE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 8844236123     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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