The identification of a species-specific antigen from Necator americanus.

abstract：:In this study we have investigated the ability of the stage-specific monoclonal antibody (MoAb) 1G7 to neutralize the infectivity of Trypanosoma cruzi metacyclic trypomastigotes (Tulahuen strain). Mice inoculated with metacyclics pre-incubated with 1G7 or the corresponding Fab fragments were found to develop greatly r...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Araguth MF,Rodrigues MM,Yoshida N

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The platelets from normal rats interact with microfilariae of Dipetalonema viteae in vitro in the presence of antibodies leading to the killing of the parasite. The antibody involved in this reaction is identified as IgE because the absorption of immune rat serum on anti-rat IgE column or the pretreatment of platelets...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Haque A,Cuna W,Bonnel B,Capron A,Joseph M

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania donovani, the causative parasite of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL), deviously manipulates host monocytes/macrophages to ensure its survival. Although monocytes/macrophages from patients with VL have demonstrated an impaired oxidative burst and antigen presentation, an unanswered yet pertinent question remains ...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Roy S,Mukhopadhyay D,Mukherjee S,Moulik S,Chatterji S,Brahme N,Pramanik N,Goswami RP,Saha B,Chatterjee M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMMARY Previous experiments have shown that genetic resistance to infection by Teladorsagia circumcincta in sheep can be measured by the level of IgA in gastric mucus, jointly with other parameters. The aim of this study has been to observe the influence of IgA on adult worms. The experiment was carried out with Chur...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Martínez-Valladares M,Vara-Del Río MP,Cruz-Rojo MA,Rojo-Vázquez FA

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During African trypanosomiasis, macrophages play a central role in T cell hyporesponsiveness to parasite-related and unrelated antigens. In this study, the ability of macrophages from Trypanosoma b. brucei-infected mice to present exogenous antigens to a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II-restricted CD4+ ...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Namangala B,Brys L,Magez S,De Baetselier P,Beschin A

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro binding serum complement (C) components to Schistosoma mansoni worms was studied. By exposing frozen sections of adult male and female parasites to normal human serum, binding of both classical and alternative pathway C components was observed. By immunofluorescence (IFL) microscopy selective binding of C...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Linder E,Huldt G

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific CD8(-) T-lymphocyte (CTL) activity against Plasmodium pre-erythrocytic stages (P-ES) derived antigens is considered one of the most important mechanisms for malaria protection. Plasmodium vivax is the second most prevalent human malaria parasite species distributed worldwide. Although several CTL epitopes hav...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Arévalo-Herrera M,Valencia AZ,Vergara J,Bonelo A,Fleischhauer K,González JM,Restrepo JC,López JA,Valmori D,Corradin G,Herrera S

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization of mammals with irradiated malaria sporozoites protects from a subsequent contact with the parasite. Protective immunity is directed against the pre-erythrocytic stages of the parasite, sporozoites and liver stages. Specific antibodies neutralize part of the infectious sporozoites infected by the mosquito...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Renggli J,Hahne M,Matile H,Betschart B,Tschopp J,Corradin G

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasciola hepatica infection has been shown to suppress sheep lymphocyte proliferation in vitro and this is at least partially attributable to excretory/secretory products (ES) released by F. hepatica parasites. We identified a suppressive component in ES by analysing the effect of ES fractions, separated by gel filtra...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Prowse RK,Chaplin P,Robinson HC,Spithill TW

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of both type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is drastically increasing, and it is predicted that the global prevalence of diabetes will reach almost 600 million cases by 2035. Even though the pathogenesis of both types of diabetes is distinct, the immune system is actively involved in both forms of the...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Surendar J,Indulekha K,Hoerauf A,Hübner MP

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:E6020 is a synthetic agonist of Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of different doses of E6020-SE on Trypanosoma cruzi-specific immune responses and its ability to confer protection against acute lethal infection in mice. Forty female BALB/c were infected with 500 trypoma...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Villanueva-Lizama LE,Cruz-Chan JV,Versteeg L,Teh-Poot CF,Hoffman K,Kendricks A,Keegan B,Pollet J,Gusovsky F,Hotez PJ,Bottazzi ME,Jones KM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice can be immunized to Plasmodium vinckei by repeated infections followed by cure. Such immunity is dependent on CD4 T cells and an architecturally modified spleen, but has little requirement for antibody. Thus, athymic mice can be exposed to P. vinckei and cured, but do not develop immunity. They are resistant to c...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Winkel KD,Good MF

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The humoral responses in mice following vaccination with DNA constructs encoding Fasciola hepatica glutathione S-transferase (GST) have been evaluated. GST47 cDNA was subcloned into two DNA vaccine vectors, VR1012 and VR1020, which direct expression to the cytoplasmic and extracellular compartments, respectively. Expr...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Smooker PM,Steeper KR,Drew DR,Strugnell RA,Spithill TW

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors governing the sensitization or desensitization of basophils and mast cells are discussed. Mathematical models are proposed which illustrate the effects of rising or falling specific or non-specific IgE titres on the tendency of these cells to degranulate. The models presented are consistent with the hypothesis...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Weltman JK,Senft AW

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania enter macrophages through receptor-mediated phagocytosis and survive the harsh environment of a phagolysosome. Here, we investigated the interaction between mannose receptor (MR), Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), and Leishmania, and the subsequent impact on phagosome maturation. Leishmania parasites are able to...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Polando RE,Jones BC,Ricardo C,Whitcomb J,Ballhorn W,McDowell MA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibodies and B cells are critical in the protective immune response to the blood stage of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium chabaudi. However, little is known about the development of memory B cells and their differentiation into plasma cells during infection or after re-infection. Here we have shown that B cells wit...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Stephens R,Ndungu FM,Langhorne J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In modern societies, diseases that are driven by dysregulated immune responses are increasing at an alarming pace, such as inflammatory bowel diseases and diabetes. There is an urgent need to understand these epidemiological trends, which are likely to be driven by the changing environment of the last few decades. The...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Loke P,Lim YA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dipetalonema viteae (Filarioidea) infections were established in inbred strains of mice by the s.c. implantation of adult female worms and the resulting microfilaraemia and adult worm survival monitored. BALB/c mice were the most susceptible strain examined, showing a high level microfilaraemia of approximately 6 mont...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Storey N,Wakelin D,Behnke JM

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous work has shown that a protein extract enriched for cysteine protease activity (TSBP) prepared from adult Haemonchus contortus using thiol sepharose affinity chromatography confers substantial protection against a single challenge infection. TSBP comprised proteases and other proteins. Here, TSBP were further ...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Knox DP,Smith SK,Redmond DL,Smith WD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kinetics of macrophage activation were compared among inbred strains of mice (C3H, BALB, B6 and B10.A) that are known to differ in their relative resistance to infections with the myotropic strains (Colombian and CL) of Trypanosoma cruzi. The parameters utilized to measure macrophage activation were rapid spreadin...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Russo M,Starobinas N,Ribeiro-Dos-Santos R,Minoprio P,Eisen H,Hontebeyrie-Joskowicz M

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The soluble portion of a large particle fraction which was derived from the muscle larva of T. spiralis was subjected to molecular sizing column chromatography using Sephacryl S-200. Five major peaks of 280 nm absorbing material were obtained. Analysis by immunoelectrophoresis revealed that each peak contained antigen...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Despommier DD

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of Toxoplasma gondii to cause clinical disease in immune-competent and immune-deficient hosts coupled with its ease of use in vitro and availability of murine models has led to its use as a model organism to study how the immune system controls an intracellular infection. This article reviews the studies t...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Park J,Hunter CA

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune responses of 97 Gambian women and their neonates were studied. New methods distinguished between active and previous placental malaria, were used to examine relationships between maternal malaria and neonatal immune responses. Many placentas (61%) had active or previous malarial infection. Maternal and cord mal...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Rasheed FN,Bulmer JN,De Francisco A,Jawla MF,Jakobsen PH,Jepson A,Greenwood BM

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have characterized various anti-schistosomular surface MoAbs previously shown to partially block in-vitro killing of schistosomula by human sera and eosinophils (Dunne et al. 1987). Immunodiffusion analysis showed that four IgM and one IgG3 MoAbs recognized periodate sensitive epitopes on the same molecular species...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Bickle QD,Andrews BJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trichuris muris is an intestinal nematode that invades the colonic epithelium triggering a mucosal inflammation. Vitamin A and its active metabolite retinoic acid are strongly linked with the modulation of gut immune responses. Here, we describe the temporal changes in the expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) e...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Hurst RJ,Else KJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmaniasis is a parasitic disease transmitted by the bite of Leishmania-infected sand flies. Here we show for the first time the ability of Maxadilan (Max), a vasodilatory peptide isolated from the sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis, and salivary gland lysate (SGL) from Phlebotomus papatasi to decrease the secretion of...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Rogers KA,Titus RG

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic proteins of Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda) against mouse IgM, IgA, IgG, IgG1 and IgG2a were investigated by immunoproteomics. Excretory/secretory products (ESP) of E. caproni separated by two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis were transferred to nitrocellulose membranes and probed with the different mous...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Sotillo J,Valero L,Sánchez Del Pino MM,Fried B,Esteban JG,Marcilla A,Toledo R

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraperitoneal injection of Trypanosoma brucei AnTat 1.1 into mice of the C3H.He, BALB/c or C57BL/6 strains resulted in impaired immune responses from day 3 onwards, as measured by the reduction in DNA synthesis in spleen cell populations stimulated with concanavalin A (Con-A) in vitro. Adherent cells from the perito...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Borowy NK,Sternberg JM,Schreiber D,Nonnengasser C,Overath P

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble extracts from salivarian trypanosomes (Trypanosoma brucei brucei, T. evansi and T. congolense) were shown to be capable of inducing murine tumour necrosis factor (mTNF) secretion, both in vivo and in vitro, whereas the soluble extract of an intracellular trypanosome (T. cruzi) failed to do so. Furthermore, the...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Magez S,Lucas R,Darji A,Songa EB,Hamers R,De Baetselier P

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The opportunistic protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii is well known as a strong inducer of cell-mediated immunity, largely as a result of proinflammatory cytokine induction during in vivo infection. Yet, during intracellular infection the parasite suppresses signal transduction pathways leading to these proinflammato...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Leng J,Butcher BA,Denkers EY

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00