The function of IL-4Rα expression on key immune cells during experimental Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infections

Master Thesis

2006

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Mearns, Helen
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Brombacher, Frank
Horsnell, William
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University of Cape Town

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Department of Medicine
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Abstract
The lifecycle of the parasitic nematode Nippostrogylus brasiliensis resembles that of the human hookworms Necator americanus and Ancylostoma duodenale and as such is a useful murine model for studying hookworm disease.
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Includes bibliographical references.

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Medicine

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Mearns, H. 2006. The function of IL-4Rα expression on key immune cells during experimental Nippostrongylus brasiliensis infections. University of Cape Town.

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