Hookworm virulence factors: Making the most of the host

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 14, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1451-1464

  Periago, Maria V ^a   Bethony, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hookworm; Immune modulation; Immunology; Necator americanus; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ARGINASE 1; CD23 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR8; EOTAXIN 2; GAMMA INTERFERON; HOOKWORM VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G4; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 13 RECEPTOR ALPHA2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 9; MACROPHAGE DERIVED CHEMOKINE; NITRIC OXIDE; STAT6 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VACCINE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANCYLOSTOMA CANINUM; ANCYLOSTOMA CEYLANICUM; ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANCYLOSTOMIASIS; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG DESIGN; EOSINOPHIL; GROWTH INHIBITION; HAMSTER; HELMINTH; HELMINTHIASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOOKWORM; HOOKWORM INFECTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; LARVA; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NECATOR AMERICANUS; NEMATODE LIFE CYCLE STAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN; SOIL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALS; HOOKWORM INFECTIONS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ANCYLOSTOMA DUODENALE; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NECATOR AMERICANUS;

EID: 84870843699     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: 1769714X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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