The Leishmania major LACK antigen with an immunodominant epitope at amino acids 156 to 173 is not required for early Th2 development in BALB/c mice

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 6924-6931

  Kelly, Ben L ^a   Locksley, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; EPITOPE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; LACK ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMASTIGOTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; IMMUNODOMINANT EPITOPES; INTERLEUKIN-4; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 9244229564     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.12.6924-6931.2004     Document Type: Article

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