Characterization of IgE responses in a rodent model of filariasis and the allergenic potential of filarial antigens using an in vitro assay

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-16

  Hartmann, Susanne ^a   Sollwedel, Andre ^a   Hoffmann, Andreas ^b   Sonnenburg, Bettina ^a   Lucius, Richard ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PAUL EHRLICH INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acanthocheilonema viteae; Allergen assay; Cystatin; Filarial nematode; IgE antibodies; Jird

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYSTATIN; FILARIA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEA; ALLERGENICITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; BASOPHIL DEGRANULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FILARIA; FILARIASIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LARVA; MALE; MEDIATOR RELEASE; MICROFILARIA; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RODENT; ANIMAL; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; DIPETALONEMA; EVALUATION; GERBIL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOLOGY; NEMATODIASIS;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; ANIMALIA; FILARIA; MERIONES; NEMATODA; RODENTIA;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYSTATINS; DIPETALONEMA; DIPETALONEMA INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; RATS;

EID: 0042991392     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.2003.00496.x     Document Type: Article

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