Dimorphic Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein-1 epitopes turn off memory T cells and interfere with T cell priming

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1168-1178

  Lee, Edwin A M ^a   Flanagan, Katie L ^a   Minigo, Gabriela ^b   Reece, William H H ^a   Bailey, Robin ^c   Pinder, Margaret ^c   Hill, Adrian V S ^a   Plebanski, Magdalena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Altered peptide ligands; Antagonism; Immune interference; Polyclonal; Population dimorphism

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; PARASITE IMMUNITY; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EPITOPES, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MEROZOITE SURFACE PROTEIN 1; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 33646547656     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.200526010     Document Type: Article

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