Role of B lymphocytes in host protection against the human filarial parasite, Brugia malayi

Curr Top Microbiol Immunol. 2000:252:179-87. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-57284-5_19.
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Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase
  • Animals
  • B-Lymphocyte Subsets / immunology*
  • Brugia malayi / growth & development
  • Brugia malayi / immunology*
  • Female
  • Filariasis / complications
  • Filariasis / immunology*
  • Filariasis / parasitology
  • Genes, Immunoglobulin
  • Host-Parasite Interactions / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Immunocompetence
  • Immunocompromised Host
  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / genetics
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / complications
  • Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / immunology
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
  • Larva
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Inbred CBA
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Models, Animal
  • Peritoneal Cavity / parasitology
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / deficiency
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / genetics
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / physiology

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Agammaglobulinaemia Tyrosine Kinase