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Shao S, Hao C, Zhan B, Zhuang Q, Zhao L, Chen Y, Huang J, Zhu X. Trichinella spiralis Calreticulin S-Domain Binds to Human Complement C1q to Interfere With C1q-Mediated Immune Functions. Front Immunol 2020; 11:572326. [PMID: 33329535 PMCID: PMC7710684 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.572326] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2020] [Accepted: 10/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Helminths develop strategies to escape host immune responses that facilitate their survival in the hostile host immune environment. Trichinella spiralis, a tissue-dwelling nematode, has developed a sophisticated strategy to escape complement attack. Our previous study demonstrated that T. spiralis secretes calreticulin (TsCRT) to inhibit host classical complement activation through binding to C1q; however, the C1q binding site in TsCRT and the specific mechanism involved with complement-related immune evasion remains unknown. Using molecular docking modeling and fragment expression, we determined that TsCRT-S, a 153-aa domain of TsCRT, is responsible for C1q binding. Recombinant TsCRT-S protein expressed in Escherichia coli had the same capacity to bind and inhibit human C1q-induced complement and neutrophil activation, as full-length TsCRT. TsCRT-S inhibited neutrophil reactive oxygen species and elastase release by binding to C1q and reduced neutrophil killing of newborn T. spiralis larvae. Binding of TsCRT-S to C1q also inhibited formation of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), which are involved in autoimmune pathologies and have yet to be therapeutically targeted. These findings provide evidence that the TsCRT-S fragment, rather than the full-length TsCRT, is a potential target for vaccine or therapeutic development for trichinellosis, as well as for complement-related autoimmune disease therapies.
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- Shuai Shao
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, National School of Tropical Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Roberts ML, Lewis JW, Wiegertjes GF, Hoole D. Interaction between the blood fluke,Sanguinicola inermisand humoral components of the immune response of carp,Cyprinus carpio. Parasitology 2005; 131:261-71. [PMID: 16145943 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182005007651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The effect ofSanguinicola inermison serum antibody and complement activity inCyprinus carpiowas assessed using an ELISA and haemolytic assays. Possible immune evasion strategies were assessed using immunodetection of host proteins on the surface of the parasite. Carp acclimatized to 20 or 25 °C were infected by exposure to 500 cercariae or injected intraperitoneally with 150 cercariae, and serum monitored over a 63-day period. In cercariae-injected carp, irrespective of time and temperature, a significant increase occurred in complement activity being greatest at 25 °C. In addition, fish exposed to the cercariae ofS. inermisand maintained at 20 °C the level of complement activity was significantly higher after 5 weeks compared to controls. At 20 °C intraperitoneal injections of parasites increased serum antibody levels which peaked after 7 days. In contrast, at 25 °C, antibody levels were maintained over 63 days. Exposure of fish to infection did not appear to stimulate antibody production. Immunofluorescence studies revealed ‘host-like’ molecules on the surface of the cercarial body exposed to carp serum and adult flukes obtained directly from the fish or cultured for 24 h in L15 medium. The possible role of ‘host-like’ molecules in immune evasion is discussed and the response at different temperatures is related to infection dynamics.
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- M L Roberts
- Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, Huxley Building, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG, UK
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The complement (C) system acts as a barrier to protect our bodies against invading pathogens. It may react to cytophilic antibodies or directly to foreign molecules presented by the intruder. As well as their cytotoxic activity, C components can attract and attach leucocytes to the surface of the foreign body, and activate them to kill it. Zvi Fishelson describes various strategies used by a parasitic trematode to escape immune damage in the face of potent immune surveillance by C and other effector mechanisms.
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- Z Fishelson
- Department of Chemical Immunology, The Weizmann Institute of Science, PO Box 26, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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Lawrie CH, Sim RB, Nuttall PA. Investigation of the mechanisms of anti-complement activity in Ixodes ricinus ticks. Mol Immunol 2005; 42:31-8. [PMID: 15488941 DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2004.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2004] [Accepted: 07/12/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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The feeding success of a tick upon a host depends on its ability to suppress host anti-tick responses which include activation of the complement system. We investigated the mechanism of inhibition of the alternative pathway of complement by salivary gland extract (SGE) of the ixodid tick species, Ixodes ricinus. SGE treatment strongly inhibited C3a generation and factor B cleavage in serum when rabbit erythrocytes were used as complement activator, but not when cobra venom factor (CVF) was used as an activator. SGE treatment strongly inhibited C3b deposition on rabbit erythrocytes, and the turnover of C3 (to C3b/iC3b) in serum. However, there was no significant effect upon the formation, stability or activity of C3 convertase (C3bBb) when formed from purified C3b, factor B and factor D. SGE treatment of isolated C3 resulted in a shift in mobility of the alpha-chain (by about 5 kDa). N-terminal sequencing of this species suggests that cleavage occurs at the C-terminus of the alpha-chain of C3. Consistent with this hypothesis, the modified alpha-chain was still a substrate for pre-formed convertase. The activity was specific for the alpha-chain of C3 but not of C3(H2O) nor the alpha'-chain of C3b. It is proposed that SGE-modified C3 does not participate in convertase formation, probably having a reduced affinity for factor B.
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- Charles H Lawrie
- LRF Immunodiagnostics Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, Level 5, Academic Block, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
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Pszenny V, Ledesma BE, Matrajt M, Duschak VG, Bontempi EJ, Dubremetz JF, Angel SO. Subcellular localization and post-secretory targeting of TgPI, a serine proteinase inhibitor from Toxoplasma gondii. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2002; 121:283-6. [PMID: 12034464 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(02)00045-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Viviana Pszenny
- Departamento de Parasitología, ANLIS Dr. Carlos G. Malbran, Av. Velez Sarsfield 563, 1281, Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Margos G, Navarette S, Butcher G, Davies A, Willers C, Sinden RE, Lachmann PJ. Interaction between host complement and mosquito-midgut-stage Plasmodium berghei. Infect Immun 2001; 69:5064-71. [PMID: 11447187 PMCID: PMC98601 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.8.5064-5071.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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After ingestion by mosquitoes, gametocytes of malaria parasites become activated and form extracellular gametes that are no longer protected by the red blood cell membrane against immune effectors of host blood. We have studied the action of complement on Plasmodium developmental stages in the mosquito blood meal using the rodent malaria parasite Plasmodium berghei and rat complement as a model. We have shown that in the mosquito midgut, rat complement components necessary to initiate the alternative pathway (factor B, factor D, and C3) as well as C5 are present for several hours following ingestion of P. berghei-infected rat blood. In culture, 30 to 50% of mosquito midgut stages of P. berghei survived complement exposure during the first 3 h of development. Subsequently, parasites became increasingly sensitive to complement lysis. To investigate the mechanisms involved in their protection, we tested for C3 deposition on parasite surfaces and whether host CD59 (a potent inhibitor of the complement membrane attack complex present on red blood cells) was taken up by gametes while emerging from the host cell. Between 0.5 and 22 h, 90% of Pbs21-positive parasites were positive for C3. While rat red and white blood cells stained positive for CD59, Pbs21-positive parasites were negative for CD59. In addition, exposure of parasites to rat complement in the presence of anti-rat CD59 antibodies did not increase lysis. These data suggest that parasite or host molecules other than CD59 are responsible for the protection of malaria parasites against complement-mediated lysis. Ongoing research aims to identify these molecules.
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- G Margos
- Microbial Immunology Group, Centre for Veterinary Science, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0ES, United Kingdom.
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Meeusen EN, Balic A. Do eosinophils have a role in the killing of helminth parasites? PARASITOLOGY TODAY (PERSONAL ED.) 2000; 16:95-101. [PMID: 10689327 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-4758(99)01607-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 207] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Eosinophils have been shown to be potent effector cells for the killing of helminth parasites in in vitro cultures. However, an in vivo role for eosinophils has been more difficult to establish. Early data showed close associations between eosinophils and damaged or dead parasites in histological sections, and significant correlations between resistance to parasites and the capacity to induce eosinophilia after infection. However, more recent studies, using mice that have reduced or increased eosinophil levels through targeting of the eosinophil-specific cytokine interleukin 5, have not unanimously supported an in vivo role for eosinophils in resistance to parasites. Here, Els Meeusen and Adam Balic review these studies and suggest a major role for the innate immune response in unnatural mouse-parasite models to explain some of the findings. They conclude that the data so far are consistent with a role for eosinophils in the killing of infective larval stages, but not adults, of most helminth parasites.
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- E N Meeusen
- The Centre for Animal Biotechnology, School of Veterinary Science, the University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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Ogunremi O, Tabel H. A non-hemolytic assay for the activation of the alternative pathway of bovine complement. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 1993; 38:155-67. [PMID: 8256434 DOI: 10.1016/0165-2427(93)90120-s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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An assay for assessing activation of the bovine alternative pathway of complement was developed. The assay focused on events on the surface of yeast. Yeast cells were incubated with EGTA-Mg2+ plasma, washed and the yeast-bound complement proteins eluted by 100 mM methylamine. Detection of eluted proteins was achieved by Western blot and ELISA. An ELISA for the quantification of the Bb fragment of factor B was chosen to measure activation of the alternative pathway of complement. Using this system, it was possible to demonstrate the kinetics of deposition of Bb on yeast incubated with plasma samples from individual cattle and to show differences between cattle. We were able to categorize cattle into 'fast or slow amplifiers' of the alternative pathway of complement. We suggest that this classification has implications for host protection against invading microorganisms.
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- O Ogunremi
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Kamiya H, Ozaki T, Nakayama H, Inaba T. Immunizing potential of ultraviolet-attenuated cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni in rodent hosts. Parasitol Res 1993; 79:293-6. [PMID: 8327451 DOI: 10.1007/bf00932184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Schistosoma mansoni cercariae attenuated with ultraviolet (UV) irradiation (254 nm) at a dose of 18 mJ/cm2 induced partial resistance against a homologous challenge in male ICR mice and male Hartley guinea pigs. The reduction in the adult worm burden was 51% and 37% +/- 13%, respectively. On the other hand, male and female Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) vaccinated with UV-attenuated cercariae exhibited marginal resistance (13% +/- 9% and 22% +/- 10%, respectively). This raises the possibility that gerbils might have an unknown immune-characteristic nature. The usefulness of UV-attenuated cercariae is discussed with respect to the control of the disease.
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- H Kamiya
- Department of Parasitology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Japan
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Cox FE, Liew EY. Centrefold: T-cell subsets and cytokines in parasitic infections. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992; 8:371-4. [PMID: 15463544 DOI: 10.1016/0169-4758(92)90173-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- F E Cox
- Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, Campden Hill Road, London, UK W8 7AH
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- F E Cox
- Division of Life Sciences, King's College London, UK
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Horstmann RD. Target recognition failure by the nonspecific defense system: surface constituents of pathogens interfere with the alternative pathway of complement activation. Infect Immun 1992; 60:721-7. [PMID: 1541544 PMCID: PMC257545 DOI: 10.1128/iai.60.3.721-727.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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- R D Horstmann
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
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Hall BF, Joiner KA. Strategies of obligate intracellular parasites for evading host defences. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1991; 12:A22-7. [PMID: 2069674 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(05)80007-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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During the course of establishing infection in a susceptible host, obligate intracellular parasites evade host defence mechanisms before, during and after entry into host cells. Before entry they circumvent the lytic activity of the complement cascade, during cell entry they avoid being killed by toxic oxygen metabolites and after entry they escape nonoxidative killing mechanisms such as degradation by lysosomal hydrolases. Different intracellular parasites, exemplified here by Leishmania spp, Trypanosoma cruzi and Toxoplasma gondii, undermine host defences at each step by various strategies that ultimately ensure their targeting to, and survival in, an appropriate intracellular compartment.
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- B F Hall
- Dept of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06510-8056
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Joshua GW, Harrison LJ, Sewell MM. Developmental changes in proteins and glycoproteins revealed by direct radio-iodination of viable Taenia saginata larvae. Parasitology 1989; 99 Pt 2:265-74. [PMID: 2594418 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000058728] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Direct surface 125I radio-isotope labelling techniques and SDS-PAGE analysis were used to compare the proteins and lentil-lectin adherent glycoproteins of the bovine stage of viable Taenia saginata larvae at three points in their development, the invasive oncospheres, immature (4-week-old) and mature (12 to 16-week-old) cysticerci. Some proteins and glycoproteins were present on all three of the ages of the parasite examined but there were also distinct age-specific proteins and glycoproteins detected on oncospheres and 4-week-old cysticerci and a marked difference between the protein/glycoprotein profiles of the parasite was apparent at these earlier stages of development and the mature cysticeri. The latter were characterized by the presence of high, 160-200 kDa molecular weight, lysine rich, glycoproteins, whereas small 16 and 18 kDa glycoproteins and a reduction-sensitive 23 kDa glycoprotein were first detected on 4-week-old immature cysticerci. Antigenic characterization of the isotope-labelled proteins and glycoproteins by immunoprecipitation against a panel of clinically defined bovine sera combined with SDS-PAGE analysis indicated that relatively few proteins were precipitated by sera from T. saginata-infected cattle as compared to the glycoproteins. However, both protein and glycoprotein antigens of possible protective and/or diagnostic significance were identified from oncospheres and cysticerci. Of particular note were low molecular weight oncospheral proteins and low and high molecular weight cysticercal glycoproteins. The immunogenicity of these protein and glycoprotein antigens of T. saginata larvae and their age-related changes are of relevance to the design of diagnostic assays, vaccines and possibly to the survival of this parasite in its bovine host.
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- G W Joshua
- Department of Tropical Animal Health, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Midlothian
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Parkhouse RM, Harrison LJ. Antigens of parasitic helminths in diagnosis, protection and pathology. Parasitology 1989; 99 Suppl:S5-19. [PMID: 2682485 DOI: 10.1017/s0031182000083384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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A thorough study of parasitic helminth antigens is a pre-requisite for control programmes based on accurate immunochemical diagnosis, protection by vaccination and perhaps immune modulation to diminish pathological sequelae. Studies should be directed at the identification of those stage- or age-specific surface, secreted and somatic antigens which are involved in the host-parasite interactions responsible for immunity and/or pathology. Current methods of diagnosis of parasitic infections often fail to detect low-level patent infections, which incurs the risk of having a reservoir capable of perpetuating infections. There is, then, an urgent requirement for accurate immunochemical diagnosis, to be used in association with, and for the evaluation of, drug treatment and vector elimination, in parasite control programmes. Given the high sensitivity of current immunoassay technology, the only bar to establishing the necessary immunological tests is the choice of suitably specific antigen/antibody systems. Assays designed to detect parasite products or antigens are a major priority, as they indicate current infection, whereas those which detect antibody only indicate exposure to infection, which may or may not be current. Surface and secreted antigens are the most likely targets for protective immune responses and thus form a logical focus for vaccine design. The cestodes, which present such strong evidence for immunity following natural infection, are likely to yield effective vaccines by modern procedures. Certain antigens must, however, stimulate the humoral and/or cellular responses which are responsible for the undesirable immunopathological consequences of many helminthic diseases. The nematodes and trematodes furnish some extreme examples of such pathology. The ultimate objective in identifying these particular antigens is to utilize them in the appropriate down-regulation of the immune response responsible for such pathology. As an illustration, we have presented an interesting correlation between one particular clinical condition of onchocerciasis (Sowda) and the serological response, defined both in terms of the parasite antigens and an immunoglobulin class-restricted antibody response. Finally, the complexity of these parasite systems and the host response to the parasite should not be underestimated. Modern analytical techniques allow their detailed analysis in terms of the humoral antibody responses and afford the possibility of the future development of control and disease management procedures tailored to each individual host-parasite system. However, novel systems are required to complete the analysis of the cellular components of the immune response to parasite antigens, and functional studies are needed to determine the role that these parasite antigens play in the complex interaction between parasite and host.
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- R M Parkhouse
- National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London
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