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Eosinophil chemotactic factors from cysticercoids of Hymenolepis nana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2009

A. Niwa ,
K. Asano  and
A. Ito
A. Niwa
Affiliation:
Department of Immunology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka 589, Japan
K. Asano
Affiliation:
Department of Physiology, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo 142, Japan
A. Ito*
Affiliation:
Department of Parasitology, Gifu University School of Medicine, Gifu 500, Japan
*
*Fax: +81 58 267 2960 E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

A comparative study of eosinophil chemotactic factors was carried out using cysticercoids and oncospheres of Hymenolepis nana. Cysticercoids showed twice the chemotactic activity for eosinophils than the oncospheres. Eosinophilia induced by oncospheres and cysticercoids observed in secondary and primary infections, respectively, were discussed from the view point of the immunobiology of this parasite.

Type
Research Note
Information
Journal of Helminthology , Volume 72 , Issue 3 , September 1998 , pp. 273 - 275
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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