Murine model of Kawasaki disease induced by mannoprotein-β-glucan complex, CAWS, obtained from Candida albicans

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Ohno, Naohito ^a  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; MANNOPROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTERITIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; MOUSE; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; SOLUBILITY; SPLEEN CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SUPERNATANT;

ANIMALS; BETA-GLUCANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED DBA; MUCOCUTANEOUS LYMPH NODE SYNDROME;

EID: 9144245584     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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