Kristin G. Swihart

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975

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Active since

1993

Affiliations

World Health Organization(Current)

University of Iowa

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Ludwig Cancer Research

University of Lausanne

Kristin G. Swihart is an author at World Health Organization specializing in parasitic disease pathogenesis, leishmaniasis pathogenesis, and t-cell responses to parasites.

Publications per year

1993–1997

Publications

IL-4 Rapidly Produced by Vβ4 Vα8 CD4+ T Cells Instructs Th2 Development and Susceptibility to Leishmania major in BALB/c Mice

Pascal Launois, Ivan Maillard, Sabine Pingel et al. · Immunity · 1997 · 306 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +16

Mice from a genetically resistant background lacking the interferon γ receptor are susceptible to infection with Leishmania major but mount a polarized T helper cell 1-type CD4+ T cell response.

Kristin G. Swihart, Ulrich Fruth, N Messmer et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1995 · 242 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

In susceptible mice, Leishmania major induce very rapid interleukin‐4 production by CD4+ T cells which are NK1.1−

Pascal Launois, Toshiaki Ohteki, Kristin G. Swihart et al. · European Journal of Immunology · 1995 · 166 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Early production of IL-4 in susceptible mice infected with Leishmania major rapidly induces IL-12 unresponsiveness

Pascal Launois, Kristin G. Swihart, Geneviève Milon et al. · The Journal of Immunology · 1997 · 126 citations

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +17

Intergenic Regions between Tandem gp63 Genes Influence the Differential Expression of gp63 RNAs in Leishmania chagasi Promastigotes

Ramesh Ramamoorthy, Kristin G. Swihart, James J. McCoy et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1995 · 72 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +8

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