Article
The relative involvement of Th1 and Th2 associated immune responses in the expulsion of a primary infection of Heligmosomoides polygyrus in mice of differing response phenotype.
Journal of helminthology - 1 Jun 2003
Ben-Smith A, Lammas D A, Behnke J M
Abstract excerpt
T helper cell (Th1 and Th2) associated responses were examined following a primary infection with the gastrointestinal nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus in five inbred strains of mice with different resistance phenotypes. Levels of (i) mast cell protease, (ii) specific IgE, (iii) nitric oxide and (iv) specific IgG2a, as markers of Th2 and Th1 associated responses, respectively, were determined in sera and...
Topics
- Animals
- Biomarkers
- Chronic Disease
- Chymases
- Female
- Host-Parasite Interactions
- Immunoglobulin E
- Immunoglobulin G
- Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic
- Intestines
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Inbred CBA