A nematode immunomodulator suppresses grass pollen-specific allergic responses by controlling excessive Th2 inflammation

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 201-210

  Daniłowicz Luebert, Emilia ^a   Steinfelder, Svenja ^b   Kühl, Anja A ^c   Drozdenko, Gennadiy ^c   Lucius, Richard ^a   Worm, Margitta ^c   Hamelmann, Eckard ^d   Hartmann, Susanne ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergy; Av17; AvCystatin; Filarial cystatin; Helminth; Phl p 5b; Timothy grass pollen

Indexed keywords

AVCYSTATIN; CYSTATIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NEMATODE; PARASITE; POLLEN;

ACANTHOCHEILONEMA VITEAE; ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EOSINOPHIL; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; GRASS POLLEN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLLEN ALLERGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFLAMMATION; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYSTATINS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HELMINTH PROTEINS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INTERLEUKIN-10; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PHLEUM; POLLEN; TH2 CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

MURINAE; MUS; PHLEUM PRATENSE; VERMES;

EID: 84873728164     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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