Potential immunomodulatory effects of plant lectins in Schistosoma mansoni infection
Reis EA, Athanazio DA, Cavada BS, Teixeira EH, de Paulo Teixeira Pinto V, Carmo TM, Reis A, Trocolli G, Croda J, Harn D, Barral-Netto M, Reis MG. Potential immunomodulatory effects of plant lectins in Schistosoma mansoni infection. Acta Tropica 2008, 108: 160-165. PMID: 18579103, DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.05.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatients' peripheral blood mononuclear cellsPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsCytokine productionElevated IL-5 productionTh2-like cytokine responseIL-5 productionSchistosoma mansoni infectionStimulation ex vivoTh2-like responseBlood mononuclear cellsPotential immunomodulatory effectsSoluble egg antigenExperimental murine modelTh2 environmentPBMC supernatantsIL-10Mansoni infectionCytokine responsesEgg antigenImmunomodulatory effectsMononuclear cellsInfected patientsIL-5TNF-alphaLymphocyte stimulator