Enhanced pro-inflammatory cytokine responses following Toll-like-receptor ligation in Schistosoma haematobium-infected schoolchildren from rural Gabon.

Enhanced pro-inflammatory cytokine responses following Toll-like-receptor ligation in Schistosoma haematobium-infected schoolchildren from rural Gabon.

<h4>Background</h4>Schistosoma infection is thought to lead to down-regulation of the host's immune response. This has been shown for adaptive immune responses, but the effect on innate immunity, that initiates and shapes the adaptive response, has not been extensively studied. In a...

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Main Authors: Lynn Meurs, Lucja Labuda, Abena Serwaa Amoah, Moustapha Mbow, Ulysse Ateba Ngoa, Daniel Adjei Boakye, Souleymane Mboup, Tandakha Ndiaye Dièye, Adrian P Mountford, Joseph D Turner, Peter Gottfried Kremsner, Katja Polman, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Ayola Akim Adegnika
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21931706/?tool=EBI

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