Proteolytic activity of cysteine protease in excretory-secretory product of Paragonimus westermani newly excysted metacercariae pivotally regulates IL-8 production of human eosinophils

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 529-533

  Shin, Myeong Heon ^a,b   Lee, Soo Young ^a,b  

^a Department of Parasitology and Medical Research Center ^*  (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Eosinophils; Excretory secretory product (ESP); IL 8; Paragonimus westermani

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE PROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; EOSINOPHILIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LARVA; PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION;

PARAGONIMUS WESTERMANI; TREMATODA;

EID: 0033776405     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2000.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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