Sm10.3, a Member of the Micro-Exon Gene 4 (MEG-4) Family, Induces Erythrocyte Agglutination In Vitro and Partially Protects Vaccinated Mice against Schistosoma mansoni Infection

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Martins, Vicente P ^a,b,c   Morais, Suellen B ^a,b   Pinheiro, Carina S ^a,b,d   Assis, Natan R G ^a,b   Figueiredo, Barbara C P ^a,b   Ricci, Natasha D ^a,b   Alves Silva, Juliana ^a   Caliari, Marcelo V ^a   Oliveira, Sergio C ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b CNPq/MCT   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SM10.3; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT SM10.3 PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTESTINE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS; VACCINATION;

AGGLUTINATION; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PARASITE LOAD; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; VACCINATION; VACCINES, SUBUNIT; VACCINES, SYNTHETIC;

EID: 84897379561     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002750     Document Type: Article

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