Brugia pahangi: Granulomatous lesion development in jirds following single and multiple infections

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 132-139

  Klei, Thomas R ^a,b   Enright, Fredrick M ^b   McDonough, Karen C ^a   Coleman, Sharon U ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brugia pahangi; Filariasis; Granuloma; Immunopathology; Inflammation; Jird; Lymphangitis; Lymphatics; Meriones unguiculatus; Nematode; parasitic; Third stage infective larvae (L3)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRUGIA PAHANGI; ETIOLOGY; FILARIA; GERBIL; GRANULOMA; HISTOLOGY; MICROFILARIASIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; POPULATION;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FILARIASIS; GERBILLINAE; GRANULOMA; LUNG; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICROFILARIA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0023932506     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-4894(88)90058-6     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Brugia pahangi: Infections and their effect on the lymphatic system of mongolian jirds (Meriones unguiculatus)
2. Chemical coupling of peptides and proteins to polysaccharides by means of cyanogen halides
3. Attempted vaccination of jirds (Meriones unguiculatus) against Brugia pahangi with radiation attenuated larvae
4. Parasitological observations on Meriones unguiculatus singly or multiply infected with Brugia pahangi
5. Specific hyporesponsive granulomatous tissue reactions in Brugia pahangi infected jirds
6. Effects of presensitization on the development of lymphatic lesions in Brugia pahangi infected jirds
7. Evidence for increased susceptibility of Brugia pahangi infected jirds (Meriones unguiculatus) to subsequent homologous infections
8. Induction of lymphatic lesions by Brugia pahangi in jirds with large and small pre-existing intraperitoneal infections
9. Repeated infections of Brugia pahangi in the jird, Meriones unguiculatus
10. Immunoregulation in experimental filariasis I. In vitro suppression of mitogen-induced blastogenesis by adherent cells from jirds chronically infected with Brugia pahangi
11. Immunoregulation in experimental filariasis. II. Responses to parasite and nonparasite antigens in jirds with Brugia pahangi
12. Immunoregulation in experimental filariasis. III. Demonstration and characterization of antigen-specific suppressor cells in the spleen of Brugia pahangi-infected jirds
13. Immunoregulation in experimental filariasis. IV. Induction of non-specific suppression following in vitro exposure of spleen cells from infected jirds to Brugia pahangi antigen
14. Serosuppression in experimental filariasis
15. Immunopathology of lymphatic filariasis in man
16. Immunological aspects of lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis in man
17. Antigen-specific suppressor T-lymphocytes in human lymphatic filariasis
18. Antigen-specific suppressor cells and suppressor factors in human filariasis with Brugia malayi
19. The lymphatic pathology of Brugia pahangi in the Mongolian jird
20. 60Cobalt-attenuated infective stage larvae protects against homologous challenge