Filarial Nematode Parasites Secrete a Homologue of the Human Cytokine Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor

Filarial nematode parasites establish long-term chronic infections in the context of an antiparasite immunity that is strongly biased toward a Th2 response. The mechanisms that lead to this Th2 bias toward filarial antigens are not clear, but one possibility is that the parasites produce molecules t...

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Main Authors: Pastrana, Diana V., Raghavan, Nithyakalyani, FitzGerald, Peter, Eisinger, Stephen W., Metz, Christine, Bucala, Richard, Schleimer, Robert P., Bickel, Carol, Scott, Alan L.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1998
Subjects:
Fungal and Parasitic Infections
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC108754/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9826378
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