Differential antigen-stimulated proliferation of human mononuclear cells by recombinant Schistosoma japonicum antigens in a Chinese population

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-73

  Waine, G J ^a,b   Yang, W ^a,b   Ross, A G P ^a,b   Li, Y S ^a,b,c   Sleigh, A C ^b   Kalinna, B H ^a,b   Scott, J C ^a,b   Mazzer, D ^a,b   Li, Y ^c   Mcmanus, D P ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c HUNAN INSTITUTE OF PARASITIC DISEASES   (China)

Author keywords

Cellular proliferation; Human immune responses; Recombinant antigens; Schistosomiasis japonica

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PARAMYOSIN; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; WORM TEGUMENT;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CELL DIVISION; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SCHISTOSOMA JAPONICUM; SCHISTOSOMIASIS JAPONICA;

EID: 15644367194     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00542.x     Document Type: Article

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