Chemotaxis of human granulocytes toward microfilariae of Onchocerca volvulus.

abstract：:The protective effect of specific vaccination against Plasmodium berghei (P. berghei) was compared in terms of survival percentage in DBA/2, C3H, outbred albino mice and in two lines of mice produced by selective breeding for either high or low antibody responsiveness to sheep erythrocyte (H and L lines respectively)....

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Heumann AM,Bucci A,Stiffel C,Casaglia O,Zenobi P,Biozzi G

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica is known to induce host cell death via activation of calpain and caspases. In this study, we investigated the specific proteases involved in the degradation of cytoskeletal proteins during Jurkat T-cell death induced by E. histolytica. Amoebic trophozoites induced marked degradation of paxillin, ...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Lee YA,Kim KA,Shin MH

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ascariasis is the most frequent soil transmitted helminthiasis and, as well as other helminth infections, is expected to influence the clinical presentation of allergic diseases such as asthma. Indeed, several clinical and experimental works have shown an important impact either increasing or suppressing symptoms, and...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Caraballo L,Acevedo N,Zakzuk J

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro released products of the adult stage of the bovine lungworm. Dictyocaulus viviparus, were characterized according to their SDS-PAGE profile, glycosylation pattern, in vitro synthesis and antigenicity in the context of infection and vaccination with irradiated larvae. Biosynthetic labelling experiments with 35...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Britton C,Canto GJ,Urquhart GM,Kennedy MW

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine proteinase enriched fractions obtained by thiol-sepharose chromatography of Ostertagia ostertagi membrane-bound protein extract (S3-thiol) or total adult excretory-secretory (ES-thiol) products were tested in a vaccination experiment to evaluate their protective efficacy against O. ostertagi in cattle. Calves...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Geldhof P,Claerebout E,Knox D,Vercauteren I,Looszova A,Vercruysse J

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria parasites have a complex, multistage life cycle and there is a widely held view that each stage displays a distinct set of antigens presented to the immune system. Yet, molecular analysis of malaria parasites suggests that many putative antigenic targets are shared amongst the different stages. The specificiti...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Müller K,Gibbins MP,Matuschewski K,Hafalla JCR

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii-specific murine CD4+ T cell clone 3Tx9 belongs to the Th1 subtype by virtue of secreting high levels of interleukin(IL)-2, interferon-gamma and tumor necrosis factor without producing IL4 and IL10. To characterize the clonal antigen, Toxoplasma lysate-was separated by SDS-PAGE and probed in T cell bl...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Reichmann G,Dlugonska H,Fischer HG

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After several in vitro treatments of a virulent population of Leishmania major with the mutagen, N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), five clones (vir-) were obtained that did not produce cutaneous lesions after subcutaneous injection of 10(6) promastigotes. All the control clones (vir+) obtained from the non-...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Marchand M,Daoud S,Titus RG,Louis J,Boon T

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fulani and Masaleit, sympatric tribes in eastern Sudan, are characterized by marked differences in susceptibility to Plasmodium falciparum malaria. To determine whether the two tribes differ in the frequency of immunoglobulin GM/KM allotypes, which are associated with immunity to several pathogens, serum samples from ...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Pandey JP,Nasr A,Rocca KM,Troy-Blomberg M,Elghazali G

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neospora caninum is a coccidian parasite of veterinary importance by causing abortion or stillbirth in cattle among other problems in diverse animal species. We assessed an experimental murine model for its suitability to study the immune response to N. caninum infection. Thus, wild-type (wt) C57BL/6 mice and B-cell (...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Eperon S,Brönnimann K,Hemphill A,Gottstein B

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of infection and subsequent challenge with Eimeria maxima on the populations of lymphocytes in the small intestine of Light Sussex chickens was assessed by immunohistochemistry. T cells were characterized for CD3, CD4, CD8, TCR1 (gamma delta heterodimer) or TCR2 (alpha beta 1 heterodimer) markers, and B cel...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Rothwell L,Gramzinski RA,Rose ME,Kaiser P

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fasciola hepatica secretes a cathepsin L proteinase that is suggested to play an in vivo role in immunoprotection since the enzyme can cleave host immunoglobulin. In the present report, rabbit anti-cathepsin L IgG was shown to bind to the cathepsin L enzyme and inhibit its ability to cleave IgG molecules. Cathepsin L ...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Smith AM,Carmona C,Dowd AJ,McGonigle S,Acosta D,Dalton JP

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis by one-dimensional (1-D) SDS-PAGE/Western blotting of whole mite extract (larval and adult stages) with sheep sera taken 0-84 days after infection with the sheep scab mite, Psoroptes ovis revealed a progressive IgE antibody response, with a dominant high molecular weight allergen (MW 180 kDa) detected early d...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Huntley JF,Machell J,Nisbet AJ,Van den Broek A,Chua KY,Cheong N,Hales BJ,Thomas WR

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The natural site of infection for T. gondii is the mucosal surface of the intestine, so the protective immunity obtained after natural infection with T. gondii points to the importance of developing a vaccine that stimulates mucosal defences. In this study, an aroA- and aroD- attenuated strain of Salmonella typhimuriu...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Cong H,Gu QM,Jiang Y,He SY,Zhou HY,Yang TT,Li Y,Zhao QL

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of individuals catching schistosomiasis has increased with the popularity of 'primitive tourism' in Africa. Highly immunogenic material originating from the intestine of intravascular adult schistosomes gives rise to an antibody response making possible early identification of infected individuals using ser...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Thors C,Linder E

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infective larvae of Toxocara canis are well suited for studies of nematode antigen expression in vitro. Larvae were labelled with 3H-glucosamine, an approach permitting dual analysis of antigen quantity and composition. Their excretory/secretory (E/S) glycoproteins were efficiently labelled and antigen identity confir...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Williamson HJ,Allardyce RA,Clemett RS,Hidajat RR

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：:Serum from cats (Felis catus) that were repeatedly infected with Brugia pahangi and had become amicrofilaraemic (mf-ve) was injected intravenously into microfilaraemic (mf+ve) cats. If more than 1 microliter of immune serum per 1000 mf was injected, microfilarial counts fell dramatically within minutes and, in some ca...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Medeiros F,Baldwin CI,Denham DA

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：:A surface enriched fraction was prepared from adults of Onchocerca volvulus by brief extraction of entire worms with detergent. This was then gel filtered to yield a low molecular weight fraction which functioned specifically in ELISA analysis. An identical result was also obtained when the related cattle parasite, O....

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Cabrera Z,Parkhouse RM

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：:The caecal-dwelling nematode Trichuris muris provides a natural model of human whipworm infection. Resistance to T. muris is dependent on a host Th2 response, and CD4+Th2 cells migrate to the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) to elicit parasite expulsion. Thus, CD4+T cells infiltrate the caecal lamina propria duri...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Bell LV,Else KJ

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examines several aspects of a polymorphic, immunodominant molecule (PIM) found in the protozoan parasite, Theileria parva. The antigen is present in all T.p. parva stocks examined, and in the related subspecies, T.p.bovis and T.p.lawrencei. It is the predominant antigen recognized by antisera from immune ca...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Toye PG,Goddeeris BM,Iams K,Musoke AJ,Morrison WI

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The capacity of peritoneal exudate cells (PEC) obtained from mice infected or immunized with Plasmodium berghei to produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the biological basis of this response was investigated, using luminol-dependent zymosan-triggered chemiluminescence (CL). CL response of PEC from infected mice in...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Li M,Li YJ

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immunization with naked DNA represents an attractive strategy for development of vaccines against a variety of infections including those caused by protozoan parasites. Recently, we have described that immunization with a plasmid containing the trans-sialidase (TS) gene induced protective immunity against Trypanosoma ...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Pereira-Chioccola VL,Costa F,Ribeirão M,Soares IS,Arena F,Schenkman S,Rodrigues MM

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The zymosan-triggered chemiluminescence response of peritoneal exudate cells from mice infected with relatively virulent or avirulent Toxoplasma gondii strains was examined at various intervals after infection. Toxoplasma infections increased the background chemiluminescence compared with controls, but higher values w...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Masihi KN,Werner H,Gillert KE,Lange W

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the role of T cells and mast cells in intestinal pathology and immune expulsion of intestinal nematodes, worm burdens, goblet cell responses and villus structures were analysed in T- and B-cell-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mice, athymic nu/nu mice and mast cell deficient W/W(v) mice a...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Hashimoto K,Uchikawa R,Tegoshi T,Takeda K,Yamada M,Arizono N

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is a worldwide protozoan parasite which causes severe disease in congenitally infected children and in immunocompromised patients. Besides the well-defined cytoplasmic and membrane antigens of tachyzoites, we felt that excreted/secreted antigens could play a major role in the immune response. We firs...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Darcy F,Deslee D,Santoro F,Charif H,Auriault C,Decoster A,Duquesne V,Capron A

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opisthorchis viverrini infection causes opisthorchiasis and is a risk factor for cholangiocarcinoma via chronic inflammation. To investigate the mechanism of O. viverrini -induced liver disease, we applied a proteomic approach to examine alterations in hepatic protein levels in O. viverrini -infected hamsters. Two-dim...

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： Khoontawad J,Wongkham C,Hiraku Y,Yongvanit P,Prakobwong S,Boonmars T,Pinlaor P,Pinlaor S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice infected with lethal P. berghei or P. yoelii malaria develop anti-lymphocyte autoantibodies less than a week after infection. The autoantibodies are IgM, T-dependent and cytotoxic to a subpopulation of non-T lymphocytes at 37 degrees C in the presence of mouse or guinea-pig complement. Non-lethal P. yoelii and P....

journal_title：Parasite immunology

authors： de Souza JB,Playfair JH

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00