Archives of Medical Research
Volume 42, Issue 7 , Pages 572-576 , October 2011

Immunomodulatory Activities of Chitin Microparticles on Leishmania major-infected Murine Macrophages

  • Fatemeh Dehghani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mostafa Haji Molla Hoseini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Mostafa Haji Molla Hoseini, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran; Phone: +98-912-6111832; FAX: +98-21-22439970
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  • Arash Memarnejadian

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hepatitis and AIDS, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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  • Farshid Yeganeh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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  • Alireza Mokarram Rezaie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute, Karadj, Iran
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  • Vahid Khaze

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mandana Sattari

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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  • Hassan Darbandi Tamijani

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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  • Farzaneh Labibi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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  • Nariman Mossaffa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

Received 8 June 2011 ,Accepted 26 October 2011.

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PII: S0188-4409(11)00252-9

doi: 10.1016/j.arcmed.2011.11.005

Archives of Medical Research
Volume 42, Issue 7 , Pages 572-576 , October 2011

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