Protection against Naegleria fowleri infection in mice immunized with Cry1Ac plus amoebic lysates is dependent on the STAT6 Th2 response

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 32, Issue 9-10, 2010, Pages 664-670

  Carrasco Yepez, M ^a,b   Rojas Hernandez, S ^b   Rodriguez Monroy, M A ^a   Terrazas, L I ^a   Moreno Fierros, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cry1Ac; intranasal immunization; Naegleria fowleri; STAT6; Th2

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS VACCINE; CRY1AC TOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G2A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROTEIN HYDROLYSATE; STAT6 PROTEIN;

AMEBIASIS; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION RESISTANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TROPHOZOITE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADMINISTRATION, INTRANASAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; ENDOTOXINS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STAT6 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TH2 CELLS;

MUS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 77955437975     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: 13653024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2010.01222.x     Document Type: Article

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