Infection with the roundworm Toxocara canis leads to exacerbation of experimental allergic airway inflammation.

Pinelli, E; Brandes, S; Dormans, J; Gremmer, E; van Loveren, H

Pinelli, E; Brandes, S; Dormans, J; Gremmer, E; van Loveren, H.

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Pinelli E; Department of Parasitology and Mycology, Centre for Infectious Disease Control Netherlands, National Institute for Public Health and Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands. elena.pinelli@rivm.nl

Clin Exp Allergy ; 38(4): 649-58, 2008 Apr.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18167123

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Bronchial Hyperreactivity/immunology; Lung Diseases, Parasitic/immunology; Toxocara canis/parasitology; Toxocariasis/immunology; Animals; Bronchial Hyperreactivity/parasitology; Bronchial Hyperreactivity/pathology; Bronchoalveolar Lavage/methods; Cytokines/genetics; Disease Models, Animal; Female; Immunoglobulin E/blood; Immunoglobulin E/immunology; Inflammation; Lung/immunology; Lung/parasitology; Lung/pathology; Lung Diseases, Parasitic/parasitology; Lung Diseases, Parasitic/pathology; Mice; Mice, Inbred BALB C; Ovalbumin/administration & dosage; RNA, Messenger/genetics; Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; Risk Factors; Time Factors; Toxocara canis/immunology; Toxocariasis/parasitology

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Toxocariasis / Bronchial Hyperreactivity / Toxocara canis / Lung Diseases, Parasitic Type of study: Etiology_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Animals Language: En Journal: Clin Exp Allergy Journal subject: ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA Year: 2008 Type: Article Affiliation country: Netherlands

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