期刊
MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY
卷 49, 期 1-2, 页码 191-200出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2011.08.014
关键词
Microarray; Schistosoma japonicum; Schistosomula; Lung; Primary immune response
资金
- NHMRC
- Sandler Foundation
The migrating schistosomulum is an important stage of the schistosome lifecycle and represents a key target for elimination of infection by natural and vaccine-induced host immune responses. To gain a better understanding of how schistosomes initiate a primary host immune response we have characterised the host lung response to migrating Schistosoma japonicum schistosomula using a combination of histopathology, microarray analysis and real-time PCR. Our findings indicate that the early pulmonary response to these migrating larvae is characteristic of innate inflammation and wound healing. This response is associated with significant up-regulation of several genes with immunoregulatory function including Ch25h, Hmox1 and Retnla which may act to control the nature or magnitude of the inflammatory response to the migrating schistosomula, promoting both parasite and host survival. These findings contribute to our understanding of host-parasite interactions associated with schistosome and, especially. S. japonicum infection, and may aid the future design of novel vaccines that target the lung stage schistosomulum. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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