The serpin secreted by Brugia malayi microfilariae, Bm-SPN-2, elicits strong, but short-lived, immune responses in mice and humans

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 165, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 5161-5169

  Zang, X ^a   Atmadja, A K ^a   Gray, P ^a   Allen, J E ^a   Gray, C A ^a   Lawrence, R A ^a   Yazdanbakhsh, M ^a   Maizels, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE TARGETING; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROFILARIASIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0034326621     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.165.9.5161     Document Type: Article

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