Th2 polarization of the immune response of BALB/c mice to Ixodes ricinus instars, importance of several antigens in activation of specific Th2 subpopulations

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 61-69

  Mejri, Naceur ^a   Franscini, Nicola ^a   Rutti, Bernard ^a   Brossard, Michel ^a,b  

^a Institute of Zoology   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Zoology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antigens; BALB c; Cytokines; IFN ; IL 4; Ixodes ricinus; Saliva; Th2; Tick instars

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; INFESTATION; IXODES RICINUS; LARVA; LYMPH NODE CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALIVARY GLAND; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TH2 CELL; TICK;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; IXODES; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALIVA; SALIVARY GLANDS; TH2 CELLS; TICK INFESTATIONS; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; IXODES RICINUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0035083540     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2001.00356.x     Document Type: Article

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