Detection of IgG1 and IgG4 subtypes reactive against potato apyrase in schistosomiasis patients
Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
; 105(4): 370-373, July 2010. tab, ilus
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ABSTRACT
In this paper, we showed for the first time that the conserved domains within Schistosoma mansoni ATP diphosphohydrolase isoforms, shared with potato apyrase, possess epitopes for the IgG1 and IgG4 subtypes, as 24 (80 percent) of the 30 schistosomiasis patients were seropositive for this vegetable protein. The analyses for each patient cured (n = 14) after treatment (AT) with praziquantel revealed variable IgG1 and IgG4 reactivity against potato apyrase. Different antigenic epitopes shared between the vegetable and parasite proteins could be involved in susceptibility or resistance to S. mansoni AT with praziquantel and these possibilities should be explored.
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Sujet Principal:
Apyrase
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Schistosoma mansoni
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Schistosomiase à Schistosoma mansoni
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Solanum tuberosum
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Immunoglobuline G
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Anticorps antihelminthe
Type d'étude:
Diagnostic_studies
Limites du sujet:
Aged80
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Animals
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Humans
langue:
En
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Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz
Thème du journal:
MEDICINA TROPICAL
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PARASITOLOGIA
Année:
2010
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Article