iNOs expression is stimulated by the major surface protein (rWSP) from Wolbachia bacterial endosymbiont of Dirofilaria immitis following subcutaneous injection in mice

Parasitology International

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-75

  Morchon R ^a   Bazzocchi, C ^b   Lopez Belmonte J ^a   Martin Pacho J R ^a   Kramer, L H ^c   Grandi, G ^c   Simon F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dirofilaria immitis; Immunization; Mice; NO; rWSP; Wolbachia bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; GAMMA INTERFERON; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; ENDOSYMBIONT; FILARIASIS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; DIROFILARIASIS; GROEL PROTEIN; INFLAMMATION; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYMBIOSIS; TH1 CELLS; WOLBACHIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIROFILARIA IMMITIS; MUS; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA; WOLBACHIA ENDOSYMBIONT OF DIROFILARIA IMMITIS;

EID: 33847041741     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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