Immune mechanisms of resistance to gastrointestinal nematode infections in sheep

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 541-548

  Hein, W R ^a   Pernthaner, A ^a   Piedrafita, D ^b   Meeusen, E N ^b  

^a AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

epitopes; glycoconjugates; mucosal immunity; protective antibodies

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VACCINE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUSTRALIA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOPSY; BREED; CANNULATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EFFERENT NERVE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENOMICS; HOST; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; INFECTION RESISTANCE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MUCUS; NEMATODIASIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PARASITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SENSORY NERVE; SHEEP; TH2 CELL; TISSUE REACTION; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY;

OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; AUSTRALIA; GENOMICS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; NEMATODE INFECTIONS; NEW ZEALAND; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 77954646039     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2010.01213.x     Document Type: Review

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