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Immune modulation by Schistosoma mansoni antigens in NOD mice: effects on both innate and adaptive immune systems.
Journal of biomedicine & biotechnology - 1 Jan 2010
Zaccone Paola, Burton Oliver T, Gibbs Sarah, Miller Nigel, Jones Frances M, Dunne David W, Cooke Anne
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We have shown that Schistosoma mansoni egg soluble antigen (SEA) prevents diabetes in the nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse inducing functional changes in antigen presenting cells (APCs) and expanding T helper (Th) 2 and regulatory T cell (Treg) responses. A Th2 response to S. mansoni infection or its antigens is key to both the establishment of tolerance and successfully reproduction in the host. More recently we...
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