Hyperreactive Onchocerciasis is Characterized by a Combination of Th17-Th2 Immune Responses and Reduced Regulatory T Cells

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Katawa, Gnatoulma ^a,b   Layland, Laura E ^a   Debrah, Alex Y ^c,d   von Horn, Charlotte ^a   Batsa, Linda ^c   Kwarteng, Alexander ^a   Arriens, Sandra ^a   W Taylor, David ^e   Specht, Sabine ^a   Hoerauf, Achim ^a   Adjobimey, Tomabu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOMÉ   (Togo)

^c KUMASI CENTRE FOR COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH IN TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Ghana)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; STAT6 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RORC2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; GHANA; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCHOCERCIASIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TH17 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922237580     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003414     Document Type: Article

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