Schistosoma mansoni antigens alter activation markers and cytokine profile in lymphocytes of patients with asthma

Acta Tropica

Volumn 166, Issue , 2017, Pages 268-279

  de Almeida, Tarcísio Vila Verde Santana ^a   Fernandes, Jamille Souza ^a   Lopes, Diego Mota ^a   Andrade, Lorena Santana ^a   Oliveira, Sérgio Costa ^b,c   Carvalho, Edgar M ^a,b,d   Araujo, Maria Ilma ^a,b,e   Cruz, Álvaro A ^a   Cardoso, Luciana Santos ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Doenças Tropicais INCT DT CNPq   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^e ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asthma; Lymphocytes; Schistosoma mansoni antigens; Sm29; Sm29TSP 2

Indexed keywords

CD69 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 5; PARASITE ANTIGEN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; IL10 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ALLERGY; ANTIGEN; ASTHMA; BLOOD; CELL ORGANELLE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; DISEASE CONTROL; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; SCHISTOSOMIASIS MANSONI; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PARASITOLOGY;

ACARI; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ASTHMA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-5; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 85004178536     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2016.12.002     Document Type: Article

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