Various types of Dirofilaria immitis polyproteins selectively induce a Th2-type immune response

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 3802-3811

  Tezuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Imai, Shinjiro ^a   Hidano, Shinya ^a   Tsukidate, Setsuko ^a   Fujita, Koichiro ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIMER; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2; INTERLEUKIN 10; MONOMER; POLYPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TH2 CELL; WORM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; DIMERIZATION; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; POLYPROTEINS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0037973434     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.7.3802-3811.2003     Document Type: Article

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