Protective immunity to the larval stages of Onchocerca volvulus is dependent on toll-like receptor 4

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 8291-8297

  Kerepesi, Laura A ^a   Leon, Ofra ^a   Lustigman, Sarah ^b   Abraham, David ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDOSYMBIONT; EOSINOPHIL; GENE; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNITY; IRRADIATION; LARVA; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TLR4 GENE; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LARVA; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; ONCHOCERCIASIS; SPLEEN; SYMBIOSIS; TH2 CELLS; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 28444476962     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.12.8291-8297.2005     Document Type: Article

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