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Mast cell-dependent control of Giardia lamblia infections in mice.
Infection and immunity - 1 Nov 2004
Li Erqiu, Zhou Ping, Petrin Ziva, Singer Steven M
Abstract excerpt
Mast cells are important for protective immunity to intestinal helminth infections and as mediators of allergic disease. Their role in protozoan infections is less well described. We have therefore analyzed mast cell responses and parasite control in mice infected with the protozoan Giardia lamblia. We also measured immunoglobulin A (IgA) responses to the parasite, as IgA can have a protective role in this model....
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