The Schistosoma mansoni tegumental-allergen-like (TAL) protein family: Influence of developmental expression on human igE responses

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Fitzsimmons, Colin M ^a   Jones, Frances M ^a   Stearn, Alex ^a   Chalmers, Iain W ^b   Hoffmann, Karl F ^b   Wawrzyniak, Jakub ^a   Wilson, Shona ^a   Kabatereine, Narcis B ^c   Dunne, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; MESSENGER RNA; PRAZIQUANTEL; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TEGUMENT ALLERGEN LIKE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALLERGEN; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WORM TEGUMENT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861213749     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001593     Document Type: Article

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