Differences in the importance of mast cells, basophils, IgE, and IgG versus that of CD4+ T cells and ILC2 cells in primary and secondary immunity to Strongyloides venezuelensis

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Mukai, Kaori ^a   Karasuyama, Hajime ^b   Kabashima, Kenji ^c,d   Kubo, Masato ^e,f   Galli, Stephen J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^e TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basophils; Immunoglobulin E; Mast cells; Parasites

Indexed keywords

FC RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 3; STEM CELL FACTOR; HELMINTH ANTIBODY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECONDARY INFECTION; STRONGYLOIDES VENEZUELENSIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; BASOPHILS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAST CELLS; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDIASIS;

EID: 85018647929     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00053-17     Document Type: Article

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