Schistosoma mansoni soluble egg antigen (SEA) and recombinant Omega-1 modulate induced CD4+ T-lymphocyte responses and HIV-1 infection in vitro.

Parasitic helminths evade, skew and dampen human immune responses through numerous mechanisms. Such effects will likely have consequences for HIV-1 transmission and disease progression. Here we analyzed the effects that soluble egg antigen (SEA) from Schistosoma mansoni had on modulating HIV-1 infec...

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Main Authors: Emily Eim Mouser, Georgios Pollakis, Hermelijn H Smits, Jordan Thomas, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Esther C de Jong, William A Paxton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-09-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007924