Article
Mapping of chromosomal regions influencing immunological responses to gastrointestinal nematode infections in mice.
Parasite immunology - 1 Jun 2003
Menge David M, Behnke Jerzy M, Lowe Anna, Gibson John P, Iraqi Fuad A, Baker R Leyden, Wakelin Derek
Abstract excerpt
This paper reports the results of a genome-wide search for quantitative trait loci (QTL) influencing immunological responses to infection with the gastro-intestinal nematode parasite Heligmosomoides polygyrus in an F2 population created by crossing the resistant SWR and the susceptible CBA inbred mouse strains. Following infections, intestinal granuloma score at post mortem, mucosal mast cell protease 1, and IgE...
Topics
- Animals
- Antibodies, Helminth
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chymases
- Crosses, Genetic
- Feces
- Female
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genotype
- Granuloma
