Expulsion of the gastrointestinal cestode, Hymenolepis diminuta by tolerant rats: Evidence for mediation by a Th2 type immune enhanced goblet cell hyperplasia, increased mucin production and secretion

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-21

  Webb, R A ^a   Hoque, T ^a   Dimas, S ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hymenolepis diminuta; IL 13; IL 4; mRNA; Muc2; Mucin; Rat; Th2

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN; MUCIN 2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GOBLET CELL; HISTOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; JEJUNUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GOBLET CELLS; HYMENOLEPIASIS; HYMENOLEPIS; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINES; MUCINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH2 CELLS;

CESTODA; HYMENOLEPIS DIMINUTA;

EID: 33845588533     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2006.00908.x     Document Type: Article

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