New perspectives in the immunology of Echinococcus granulosus infection

Parassitologia

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-277

  Rigano R ^a   Profumo, E ^a   Siracusano, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echinococcus granulosus; Immunoglobulin isotypes; Th1 and Th2 cytokines

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN CLASS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOG; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SECRETION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CYTOKINES; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; ECHINOCOCCUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0031311194     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Boyer AE, Tsang VCW, Eberhard ML, Zea-Flores G, Hightower A, Pilcher JB, Zea-Flores R, Zhou W, Reimer CB (1991) Guatemalan human onchocerciasis II. Evidence for IgGS involvement in acquired immunity to Onchocerca volvulus and identification of possible immune-associated antigens J Immunol 146: 4001-4010.
2. Clutterbuck E, Hirst E, Sanderson C (1989). Human interleukin 5 (IL-5) regulates the production of eosinophils in human bone marrow cultures comparison and interaction with IL-1, IL-3, IL-6, and GM-CSF. Blood 73: 1504-1512.
3. Finkelman FD, Pearce EJ, Urban JF Jr, Sher A (1991). Regulation and biological function of helminth-induced cytokine responses Immunol Today 12: A62-A66.
4. Grau GE, Modlin RL (1991). Immune mechanisms in bacterial and parasitic diseases: protective immunity vs pathology Curr Opin Immunol 3: 480-485.
5. Hirano T, Kishimoto T (1990). Interleukin 6 In. Handbook of Experimental Pharmacology, vol 95/I, Peptide Growth Factors and Their Receptors (Sporn MB, Roberts AB, eds) Springer-Verlag, New York, pp 633-665
6. King CL, Nutman TB (1991) Regulation of the immune response in lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis. Immunoparasitol Today 12 A54-A58.
7. King CL, Nutman TB (1993). IgE and IgG subclass regulation by IL-4 and IFN-γ in human helminth infections. Assessment by B cell precursor frequences. J Immunol 151: 58-65.
8. Kurniawan A, Yazdanbakhsh M, van Ree R, Aalberse R, Selkirk ME, Partono F, Maizels RM (1993). Differential expression of IgE and IgG4 specific antibody responses in asymptomatic and chronic human filariasis J Immunol 150: 3941-3950.
9. Mosmann TR, Moore KW (1991) The role of IL-10 in crossregulation of Th1 and Th2 responses. Immunol Today 12: A49-A53.
10. Pearce EJ, Caspar P, Grzych JM, Lewis FA, Sher A (1991). Downregulation of Th1 cytokine production accompanies induction of Th2 responses by a parasitic helminth, Schistosoma mansoni J Exp Med 173: 159-166
11. Riganò R, Profumo E, Di Felice G, Ortona E, Teggi A, Siracusano A (1995a). In vitro production of cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells from hydatid patients. Clin Exp Immunol 99: 433-439.
12. Riganò R, Profumo E, Ioppolo S, Notargiacomo S, Ortona E, Teggi A, Siracusano A (1995b). Immunological markers indicating the effectiveness of pharmacological treatment in human hydatid disease. Clin Exp Immunol 102: 281-285
13. Riganò R, Profumo E, Teggi A, Siracusano A (1996). Production of IL-5 and IL-6 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) from patients with Echinococcus granulosus infection. Clin Exp Immunol 105: 456-459
14. Romagnani S (1992). Human Th1 and Th2 subsets doubt no more. Immunol Today 12: 256-257
15. Sturm D, Menzel J, Gottstein B, Kern P (1995). interleukin-5 is the predominant cytokine produced by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in alveolar echinococcosis. Infect Immun 63: 1688-1697.
16. Van Snick J (1990). Interleukin 6: an overview. Ann Rev Immunol 8, 253-278.
17. Williams JF (1979). Recent advances in the immunology of cestode infections J Parasitol 65: 337-349