Total and specific IgE in serum and cerebrospinal fluid of rats and guinea pigs infected with Angiostrongylus cantonensis.
Parasitol Res
; 75(6): 476-81, 1989.
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ABSTRACT
The total and specific IgE response to Angiostrongylus cantonensis infection was evaluated according to host permissiveness. Total IgE levels measured by a double antibody radioimmunoassay (RIA) increased slowly in the permissive host (the rat), reaching a maximum between 4 and 8 weeks after infection. This maximum was earlier but significantly lower in the non-permissive host (the guinea pig). IgE antibodies specific for adult worms or L1 or L3 larvae of A. cantonensis were measured by a radioallergosorbent test (RAST). In the case of adult worms and L1 antigens, specific IgE antibody levels showed large variations in relation to the duration of infection in rats. In contrast to total IgE levels, the specific IgE response to L3 larvae was lower in rats than in guinea pigs in both the serum and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). These results suggest variations in the total vs specific IgE response according to host permissiveness or non-permissiveness to A. cantonensis infection. These results are discussed in the context of the possible participation of IgE antibodies in immune defence.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Contexto en salud:
3_ND
Problema de salud:
3_zoonosis
Asunto principal:
Inmunoglobulina E
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Anticuerpos Antihelmínticos
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Angiostrongylus
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Metastrongyloidea
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Infecciones por Nematodos
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Parasitol Res
Asunto de la revista:
PARASITOLOGIA
Año:
1989
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia