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ReviewThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2013

Intrathecal activation as a typical immune response within the central nervous system in angiostrongyliasis.

Barbara Padilla-Docal, Ivonne Iglesias-González, Raisa Bu-Coifiu-Fanego, Carmen Aleida Socarrás-Hernández, Alberto Juan Dorta-Contreras

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Review in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Barbara Padilla-DocalCentral Laboratory of Cerebrospinal Fluid, Faculty of Medical Sciences Dr. Miguel Enriquez, Havana Medical Sciences University, Havana, Cuba. barbara.padilla@infomed.sld.cu
Ivonne Iglesias-González
Raisa Bu-Coifiu-Fanego
Carmen Aleida Socarrás-Hernández
Alberto Juan Dorta-Contreras
University of Information Science · CU

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Angiostrongylus cantonensis is a zoonotic pathogen that occasionally causes human angiostrongyliasis; its main clinical manifestation is eosinophilic meningitis. This report defines the concept of intrathecal activation of complement as evidence of intrathecal synthesis of major immunoglobulins during this disease. Details are presented of the activation of complement system components in cerebrospinal fluid, and their application to our understanding of this tropical disease, which is emerging in the Western hemisphere. Intrathecal synthesis of at least one of the major immunoglobulins and a wide spectrum of patterns may be observed. Although intrathecal synthesis of C3c is always present, C4 intrathecal synthesis does not occur in every patient. The diversity of intrathecal synthesis and activation of the different complement pathways enables their division into three variant groups (A, B, and C). Variant group A includes the classical and/or lectin pathway and involves two or more major immunoglobulins with C3 and C4 intrathecal synthesis. Variant group B involves C4 in cerebrospinal fluid that comes from blood in the intrathecal activation of the classical pathway. Variant group C includes the alternative pathway.

Indexed as

Angiostrongylus cantonensisAnimalsCentral Nervous SystemComplement C3cComplement C4bEosinophiliaHumansImmunoglobulinsMeningitisPeptide FragmentsStrongylida InfectionsComplement C3cComplement C4bcomplement C4cImmunoglobulinsPeptide Fragments

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PMID23390222
PMCPMC3583310
OpenAlexW2063163335

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