Brugia malayi adult low molecular weight IgG4-reactive antigens induce differential cytokine response in lymphocytes of endemic normal and asymptomatic microfilariae carriers in vitro

Journal of Clinical Immunology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 397-408

  Mohanty, Bimal P ^a,b   Lahiri, Ramanuj ^a,c   Misra Bhattacharya, Shailja ^d   Kar, Santosh K ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ICAR CENTRAL INLAND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Bancroftian filariasis; Brugia malayi adult soluble antigens; Differential Th1 Th2 cytokine response; IgG4 reactive antigen fraction; Infection free endemic normal individual; Longitudinal follow up

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BRUGIA MALAYI; CELL LYSATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROFILARIASIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WHOLE CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BRUGIA MALAYI; CARRIER STATE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOLOGIC TESTS; INDIA; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 34250173123     PISSN: 02719142     EISSN: 15732592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10875-007-9086-y     Document Type: Article

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