title: Influence of an Hymenolepis diminuta infection on IgE and IgA bound to mouse intestinal eosinophils.
abstract: Infection of mice with Hymenolepis diminuta, which is an 'exclusively' intestinal cestode, affects the number of eosinophils and non-eosinophilic cells with IgE or IgA on their surface in the lamina propria. Presence of IgE on eosinophils is basically a primary infection response, while after reinfection the response is primarily characterized by IgA. For IgE- as well as for IgA-bearing eosinophils the response is most abundant in the second quarter of the intestine which is the parasite's preferred habitat. For non-eosinophilic cells the effect is smaller and limited to the IgE-bearing cells, with the most significant effect in the second quarter of the intestine.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Zoophysiology, State University of Gent, Belgium.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Van der Vorst
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dhont
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Cesbron
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Capron
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Dessaint
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Capron
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte / Q000032:analysis; D004804:Eosinophils / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006925:Hymenolepiasis / Q000276:immunology*; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000378:metabolism*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000378:metabolism*; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D007958:Leukocyte Count; D051379:Mice; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell / Q000378:metabolism; D011961:Receptors, Fc / Q000032:analysis; D017455:Receptors, IgE; D012008:Recurrence
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000944:Antigens, Differentiation, B-Lymphocyte; C036832:Fc(alpha) receptor; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D011947:Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell; D011961:Receptors, Fc; D017455:Receptors, IgE; D007073:Immunoglobulin E