A novel, helminth-derived immunostimulant enhances human recall responses to hepatitis C virus and tetanus toxoid and is dependent on CD56+ cells for its action

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 265-273

  MacDonald, A J ^a   Libri, N A ^a   Lustigman, S ^c   Barker, S J ^a   Whelan, M A ^a   Semper, A E ^a   Rosenberg, W M ^a,b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEW YORK BLOOD CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Helminth; Hepatitis C; NK cell; Onchocerca volvulus

Indexed keywords

CD56 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HELMINTH PROTEIN; IMMUNOSTIMULATING AGENT; RECOMBINANT ONCHOCHERCA VOLVULUS ACTIVATION ASSOCIATED SECRETED PROTEIN 1; TETANUS TOXOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HELMINTH; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; MALE; ONCHOCERCA VOLVULUS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD56; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HEPACIVIRUS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; INTERFERON TYPE II; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TETANUS TOXOID;

EID: 42049103474     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03623.x     Document Type: Article

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