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ArticleImmunology2002

Induction of immunoglobulin G1, interleukin-6 and interleukin-10 by Taenia crassiceps metacestode carbohydrates.

Senarath Dissanayake, Nasir Khan, Allen Shahin, Shanaka Wijesinghe, Miodrag Lukic

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Article in Immunology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Senarath DissanayakeDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, UAE University, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates. sendiss@uaeu.ac.ae
Nasir Khan
Allen Shahin
Shanaka Wijesinghe
Miodrag Lukic
United Arab Emirates University · AE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

T helper type 2 (Th2) -polarized immune responses are characteristically dominant in helminth infections. Two murine models that show a Th1 to Th2 polarization with infection progression are those of Schistosoma mansoni and Taenia crassiceps. In both, an early Th1 response is replaced by a late Th2 response. We report that the nucleic acid-, protein- and lipid-free carbohydrate fraction of T. crassiceps metacestodes (denoted T-CHO) possesses Th2-like immunomodulatory activity. Immunization of two strains of rats (Dark Agouti and Albino Oxford) and BALB/c mice with chicken albumin in the presence of T-CHO resulted in selective enhancement of immunoglobulin G1 (IgG1) antibodies, considered to be associated with Th2 responses in both rats and mice. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) followed by IL-10 were the dominant cytokines detected in in vitro cultures of mouse spleen cells stimulated with T-CHO. IL-4 and IL-5 were not detected in these culture supernates. Furthermore, Taenia carbohydrates were mitogenic to spleen cells, activated serine phosphorylation of proteins and up-regulated the expression of the anti-apoptotic protein, Bcl-2. When mouse spleen cells were cultured in the presence of Taenia carbohydrates, a concentration-dependent down-regulation of IL-2 and an overlapping up-regulation of IL-6 secretion were seen.

Indexed as

Adjuvants, ImmunologicAnimalsAntibody FormationBlotting, WesternCarbohydratesCells, CulturedElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayImmunoglobulin GInterleukin-10Interleukin-2Interleukin-6MiceMice, Inbred BALB CRatsRats, Inbred StrainsAdjuvants, ImmunologicCarbohydratesImmunoglobulin GInterleukin-10Interleukin-2Interleukin-6

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PMID12460185
PMCPMC1782813
OpenAlexW2087734502

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