Short report: Granulomatous inflammatory response to recombinant filarial proteins of Brugia species

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 251-254

  Rao, U R ^a,b   Nasarre, C ^a,c   Coleman, S U ^a   Horohov, D W ^a   Klei, T R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; CHITINASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FILARIASIS; GRANULOMATOSIS; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; IMMUNE MEDIATED INJURY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; ADULT; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DISEASE MODEL; GERBIL; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LUNG GRANULOMA; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA PAHANGI; CHITINASE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FILARIASIS; GERBILLINAE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; GRANULOMA, RESPIRATORY TRACT; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0033071144     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1999.60.251     Document Type: Article

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