The roles of eotaxin and the STAT6 signalling pathway in eosinophil recruitment and host resistance tothe nematodes nippostrongylus brasiliensis and heligmosomoides bakeri

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2009

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Knott, Michelle L.
Matthaei, Klaus
Foster, Paul S
Dent, Lindsay

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Pergamon-Elsevier Ltd

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Expulsion of adult Nippostrongylus brasiliensis worms from the small intestine is profoundly impaired in signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT)6-deficient mice. IL-5 transgenic (Tg) mice with constitutive eosinophilia show profound early

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Keywords: chemokine; eotaxin; interleukin 13; interleukin 4; interleukin 4 receptor alpha; interleukin 5; STAT6 protein; adaptive immunity; animal experiment; animal model; animal tissue; article; cellular immunity; controlled study; eosinophil; female; gene overex Eotaxin; IL-13; IL-4Ra; Nippostrongylus brasiliensis; Primary and secondary resistance; STAT6

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Molecular Immunology

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