title: Cellular and humoral immune responses to recombinant Smp17.7 Schistosoma mansoni antigen.
abstract: To determine the immunological responses to S. mansoni antigen rSmp17.7, a total of 184 subjects, 174 patients from a schistosomiasis endemic area, and 10 controls were used. Proliferation, cytokine profile in culture supernatants from antigen-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells and specific IgG1, IgG3, IgG4, IgA, IgM & IgE levels were assessed. The highest stimulation index to rSmp17.7 was detected in S. mansoni patients. The evaluation of the cytokine profile [IL-2, IL-4 & IFN-gamma] in response to this antigen showed a significant increase as demonstrated by ELISA. Specifically, IFN-gamma and IL-2 were significantly detected by flow cytometry. IgG1 and IgM were the only Igs which showed a significant increase. These results highlight the importance of rSmp17.7 as a candidate vaccine for schistosomiasis. The results pave the way to understand the mechanism of schistosome-vaccine efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Cairo 11566, Egypt.
authors.forename: Maged M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Al-Sherbiny
authors.forename: Iman F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Galal
authors.forename: Amr M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Karim
authors.forename: Ameen A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ashour
authors.forename: Abdel-Hakim M
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Saad
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000909:Antibodies, Helminth / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000947:Antigens, Helminth / Q000276:immunology*; D002648:Child; D016207:Cytokines / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007111:Immunity, Cellular; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008297:Male; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000276:immunology*; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000276:immunology / Q000517:prevention & control; D014612:Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000909:Antibodies, Helminth; D000947:Antigens, Helminth; D016207:Cytokines; D014612:Vaccines