Mucus; modulation by the TH2 response to enhance an innate defensive barrier against gut nematodes

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 259-262

  Miller, H R P ^a   Knight, P A ^a   Pemberton, A D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune exclusion; Intelectin; Mucin; RELM ; Sialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOPROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTELECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 9; LECTIN; MUCIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; RESISTIN; RESISTIN LIKE MOLECULE BETA; SIALIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; STAT6 PROTEIN; SUGAR; SULFATE; TREFOIL PEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GOBLET CELL; HAEMONCHUS CONTORTUS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; NEMATODE; NIPPOSTRONGYLUS BRASILIENSIS; NONHUMAN; PANETH CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STOMACH MUCUS; TH2 CELL; TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS;

NEMATODA;

EID: 33646733434     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2006.00847.x     Document Type: Article

References (2)

1. Miller HRP. Gastrointestinal mucus, a medium for survival and for elimination of parasitic nematodes and protozoa. Parasitology 1987; 94: S77-S100.
2. Knight PA, Pemberton AD, Robertson KA, Roy DJ, Wright SH & Miller HRP. Expression profiling reveals novel innate and inflammatory responses in the jejunal epithelial compartment during infection with Trichinella spiralis. Infect Immun 2004; 72: 6076-6086.