The immunosuppressive activity of Ascaris suum is due to high molecular weight components

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 245-251

  Faquim Mauro, E L ^a   Macedo, M S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Antibody isotype; Ascaris suum; Cytokine; Immunosuppression

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; OVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LYMPH NODE CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ASCARIS SUUM; CELL DIVISION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CYTOKINES; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OVALBUMIN;

EID: 0031732246     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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