The Intestinal Expulsion of the Roundworm Ascaris suum Is Associated with Eosinophils, Intra-Epithelial T Cells and Decreased Intestinal Transit Time

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Masure, Dries ^a   Wang, Tao ^a   Vlaminck, Johnny ^a   Claerhoudt, Sarah ^a   Chiers, Koen ^a   Van den Broeck, Wim ^a   Saunders, Jimmy ^a   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Geldhof, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; AUTOPSY; DEGRANULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIAL T CELLS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; HISTOLOGY; JEJUNUM; LARVA; LUNG; NONHUMAN; PARASITE MIGRATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE; SWINE; WORM EXPULSION;

ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EOSINOPHILS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; SWINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84892720029     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002588     Document Type: Article

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