Review Article
Cytokine and Phenotypic Cell Profiles of Leishmania infantum Infection in the Dog
Table 1
Frequencies of cytokine and iNOS expressions determined by reverse transcriptase PCR in 12 asymptomatic dogs (with high parasite load in viscera) infected with L. infantum amastigotes, six months postinfection.
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INF-γ: interferon-gamma; TGF-: transforming growth factor-beta; TNF-: tumour necrosis factor-alpha; IL-10: interleukin-10; iNOS: inducible nitric oxide synthetase. |