The relationship between circulating and intestinal Heligmosomoides polygyrus-specific IgG1 and IgA and resistance to primary infection

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 383-395

  Ben Smith, A ^a,b   Wahid, F N ^a   Lammas, D A ^b   Behnke, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heligmosomoides polygyrus; IgA antibody; IgG antibody; Mice; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HELIGMOSOMOIDES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INFECTION RESISTANCE; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ISOTYPES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL SECRETIONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; NEMATOSPIROIDES DUBIUS; PHENOTYPE; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; HELIGMOSOMOIDES; HELIGMOSOMOIDES POLYGYRUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0032875076     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1999.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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