Excretory-Secretory Products from Hookworm L3 and Adult Worms Suppress Proinflammatory Cytokines in Infected Individuals

We compared the effects of larval and adult worm excretory-secretory (ES) products from hookworm on the proliferative responses and cytokine secretion in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from hookwormpatients and egg-negative, nonendemic controls. When compared with negative controls, mito...

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Main Authors: Stefan Michael Geiger, Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara, Paula Albuquerque Freitas, Cristiano Lara Massara, Omar dos Santos Carvalho, Rodrigo Corrêa-Oliveira, Jeffrey Michael Bethony
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Parasitology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/512154