Immunopathology of human schistosomiasis mansoni: II. NK activity and stimulation by specific antigen
Sixteen S. mansoni infected and untreated patients (5 with recent infection and 11 with chronic disease) were evaluated for their in vitro natural killer (NK) activity against the NK sensitive target K562 cell line. NK levels in 9 out of 11 patients (82%) with chronic disease were significantly lowe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1988-12-01
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| Series: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651988000600002&lng=en&tlng=en |