Pulmonary inflammation induced by a recombinant Brugia malayi γ-glutamyl transpeptidase homolog: Involvement of humoral autoimmune responses

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 344-354

  Gounni, Abdelhila Soussi ^a   Spanel Borowski, Katharina ^b   Palacios, Miriam ^c   Heusser, Christoph ^d   Moncada, Salvador ^c   Lobos, Edgar ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 4; PARASITE ANTIGEN; QF116 ANTIGEN, PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BRUGIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INHALATION TEST; LUNG; LUNG LAVAGE; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; AUTOANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRUGIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-4; LUNG; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PNEUMONIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035350536     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402217     Document Type: Article

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