Trypanosoma cruzi is lysed by coelomic cytolytic factor-1, an invertebrate analogue of tumor necrosis factor, and induces phenoloxidase activity in the coelomic fluid of Eisenia foetida foetida

Developmental and Comparative Immunology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-34

  Olivares Fontt, Elizabeth ^a   Beschin, Alain ^b   Van Dijck, Els ^b   Vercruysse, Vincent ^a   Bilej, Martin ^c   Lucas, Ralph ^b   De Baetselier, Patrick ^b   Vray, Bernard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

CCF 1; Coelomic cytotoxic factor; Innate immunity; Lectin; Tumor necrosis factor

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; COELOMIC CYTOLYTIC FACTOR 1; CYTOKINE; LECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; CELL SURFACE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIMASTIGOTE; IMMUNITY; INVERTEBRATE; LYSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPOMASTIGOTE;

EISENIA FETIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMATIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036027688     PISSN: 0145305X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-305X(01)00048-9     Document Type: Article

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