IMMUNOPATHOLOGY OF GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODE INFESTATION AND EXPULSION

Authors
MILLER HRP
Citation
Hrp. Miller, IMMUNOPATHOLOGY OF GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODE INFESTATION AND EXPULSION, Current opinion in gastroenterology, 9(6), 1993, pp. 986-993
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Current opinion in gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
02671379
Volume
9
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
986 - 993
Database
ISI
SICI code
0267-1379(1993)9:6<986:IOGNIA>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Nematode parasites of the gastrointestinal tract occupy different nich es on or within the mucosa. The epithelial and mucosal changes have ma ny features that are characteristic of allergic inflammation, includin g altered epithelial secretion, recruitment of eosinophils, basophils, and mast cells, and production of immunoglobulin E. The role of T-cel l subsets in the induction of these changes is the main focus of this review.