Yeast-expressed recombinant As16 protects mice against Ascaris suum infection through induction of a Th2-skewed immune response
Wei J, Versteeg L, Liu Z, Keegan B, Gazzinelli-Guimarães AC, Fujiwara RT, Briggs N, Jones KM, Strych U, Beaumier CM, Bottazzi ME, Hotez PJ, Zhan B. Yeast-expressed recombinant As16 protects mice against Ascaris suum infection through induction of a Th2-skewed immune response. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2017, 11: e0005769. PMID: 28708895, PMCID: PMC5529013, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005769.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTh2-skewed immune responseTh2-type responseCholera toxin B subunitImmune responseEgg challengeProtective immunitySignificant protectionPredominant Th2-type responseTh2-type immune responseFeasible vaccine candidateTh1-type responseCommon helminth infectionA. suum infectionAscaris suum infectionExact protective mechanismHost immune systemToxin B subunitA. suumRestimulated splenocytesA. suum eggsChallenge infectionIL-4IL-5Trichuris infectionHelminth infections