title: Cellular and humoral immunological changes in chronic renal failure associated with schistosomiasis.
abstract: The changes that occur in cell mediated and humoral immunity in patients suffering from chronic renal failure associated with schistosomiasis were studied. There was a decrease in T3%, T4% and T4/T8 ratio. IgG, IgM and IgE levels were found to be increased in such cases. It was concluded that there was a reciprocal relationship between cell mediated immunity and IgE levels in cases with chronic renal failure associated with bilharzial hepatosplenomegaly.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: el Missiry
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Fawzy
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Abdalla
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Farrag
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Rakha
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000097:blood*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications*; D016176:T-Lymphocyte Subsets / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D007136:Immunoglobulins