MC de Almeida+ , V Vilhena, A Barral, M Barral-Netto

In clear contrast, the LACK antigen stimu- lates a strong Th2 response that can be de- tected in lymph node and spleen cells soon after infection of BALB/c mice with L.. In

In the mouse model of cutaneous leishmaniasis using Leishmania ( Leishmania ) major , the Th1 response is related to protection while the Th2 response is related to

In susceptible BALB/c mice and resistant C57BL/6 mice that were intradermally inoculated with a low dose of Leishmania major in the ear, we investigated the vari- ation in

Course of infection, chemokine expression, and protein production at the site of infection in IL-12, IFN- ␥ , and IL-4 knockout ( ⫺ / ⫺ ) mice and their wild-type control..

2: frequency of cytokine and iNOS producing cells in lesions from localized cutaneous leishmaniasis (LCL) and disseminated cu- taneous leishmaniasis (DL) patients. Mean is indicated

In this re- port we used the same vaccination protocol (Titus et al. 1995) and demonstrated that this auxotrophic mutant is also able to confer protection in both BALB/c or

In a study of congenital transmission during acute infection of Toxoplasma gondii , 23 pregnant BALB/c mice were inoculated orally with two cysts each of the P strain.. Eight

Patients with the active disease had higher plasma levels of IL-10, IL-4, INF-γ and TNF-α relative to the other groups and they produced more IL-12 than asymptomatic and