Cellular responses to Schistosoma japonicum cathepsin D aspartic protease

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 363-367

  Verity, Christiana K ^a,b   Mcmanus, Donald P ^a,b   Brindley, Paul J ^c,d  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathepsin D aspartic protease; Cytokines; Schistosoma japonicum

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC PROTEINASE; CATHEPSIN D; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INSECT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SPLEEN CELL;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ENDOPEPTIDASES; CATHEPSIN D; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; VACCINATION; VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; SCHISTOSOMA; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036417233     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2002.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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