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| Brito,C.F.A.; Oliveira,G.C.; Oliveira,S.C.; Street,M.; Riengrojpitak,S.; Wilson,R.A.; Simpson,A.J.G.; Correa-Oliveira,R.. |
| Sm14 is a 14-kDa vaccine candidate antigen from Schistosoma mansoni that seems to be involved in cytoplasmic trafficking of fatty acids. Although schistosomes have a high requirement for lipids, they are not able to synthesize fatty acids and sterols de novo. Thus, they must acquire host lipids. In order to determine whether Sm14 is present in different stages of the life cycle of the parasite, we performed RT-PCR. Sm14 mRNA was identified in all stages of the life cycle studied, mainly schistosomulum, adult worm and egg. Additionally, we used a rabbit anti-Sm14 polyclonal antibody in an indirect immunofluorescence assay to localize Sm14 in adult worm sections. The basal lamella of the tegument and the gut epithelium were strongly labeled. These tissues... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Sm14; Fatty acid-binding protein; FABP; Immunolocalization; RT-PCR. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2002000300014 |
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| Cinque,S.M.S.; Rocha,G.A.; Correa-Oliveira,R.; Soares,T.F.; Moura,S.B.; Rocha,A.M.C.; Nogueira,A.M.M.F.; Cabral,M.M.D.A.; Vieira,L.Q.; Martins-Filho,O.A.; Queiroz,D.M.M.. |
| Although Helicobacter heilmannii infection is less common than H. pylori infection in humans, it is considered to be of medical importance because of its association with gastritis, gastric ulcer, carcinoma, and mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma of the stomach. However, there have been no studies evaluating the role of the Th cell response in H. heilmannii gastric infection. We evaluated the participation of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, IFN-gamma and IL-4, in H. heilmannii gastric infection in genetically IFN-gamma- or IL-4-deficient mice. The serum IFN-gamma and IL-4 concentrations were determined by ELISA. The gastric polymorphonuclear infiltrate was higher (P = 0.007) in H. heilmannii-positive than in H. heilmannii-negative... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Helicobacter heilmannii; Gastric mucosa inflammation; IFN-gamma-/- mice; IL-4-/- mice. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2006000200012 |
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