The significance of blood levels of IgM, IgA, IgG and IgG subclasses in Sudanese visceral leishmaniasis patients

AMS Elassad, SA Younis, M Siddig… - Clinical & …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
We developed an ELISA test using leishmania antigenic extracts to detect antigenspecific
antibody responses, including subclass and isotype analysis, in visceral leishmaniasis (VL) …

Dichotomy of the human T cell response to Leishmania antigens. II. Absent or Th2like response to gp63 and Thllike response to lipophosphoglycan associated …

JAL Kurtzhals, AS Hey, A Jardim… - Clinical & …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
The T cell response to different Leishmania donovani aniigens was investigated using
peripheral blood mononuciear cells (PBMC) from Kenyans cured of visceral leishmaniasis …

Antigens shared by Leishmania species and Trypanosoma cruzi: immunological comparison of the acidic ribosomal P0 proteins

YA Skeiky, DR Benson, M Elwasila… - Infection and …, 1994 - Am Soc Microbiol
Patients with visceral leishmaniasis produce high levels of immunoglobulin, but the
specificities of antibodies produced are not well characterized. In an effort to identify …

A PEG-ELISA for the detection of Leishmania donovani antigen in circulating immune complexes

AA Azazy, E Devaney, ML Chance - Transactions of the Royal Society of …, 1994 - Elsevier
Leishmanial antigen in circulating immune complexes (CIC) from sera of cotton-rats
experimentally infected with Leishmania donovani and visceral leishmaniasis patients (VLP) …

Natural autoantibodies, IgG antibodies to tetanus toxoid and CD5+ B cells in patients with Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis

H Louzir, L BELALKACHMI, A Sassi… - Clinical & …, 1994 - Wiley Online Library
SUMMARY Natural autoantibodies (NaAb) and IgG antibodies to tetanus toxoid (TT) were
analysed in the sera of 38 children with active visceral leishmaniasis (VL) previously …

Evaluation of serum levels of soluble CD4, CD8 and β2-microglobulin in visceral human leishmaniasis

G Vitale, C Mocciaro, R Malta… - Clinical & …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
The levels of soluble CD4 (sCD4), sCD8 and β2-microglobulin (β2-M) were measured in
sera from patients with visceral leishmaniasis during the course of infection. Levels of sCD4 …

Immunoblotting identifies and antigen recognized by anti gp63 in the immune complexes of Indian kala-azar patient sera

T Sanyal, DK Ghosh, D Sarkar - Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 1994 - Springer
In SDS-PAGE the immune complexes (IC) of kala-azar patient sera showed intense bands at
55 kDa and 20 kDa corresponding to heavy and light chains of immunoglobulins. In …

Modulation of the low-affinity IgE Fc receptor (FcεRII/CD23) by Leishmania chagasi

NN Noben, ME Wilson, RG Lynch - International immunology, 1994 - academic.oup.com
Mature B lymphocytes and macrophages express low-affinity receptors for IgE (CD23 or
FcεRII), a multifunctional molecule Involved In IgE regulation, B cell growth and antigen …

Natural autoantibodies, IgG antibodies to tetanus toxoid and CD5+ B cells in patients with Mediterranean visceral leishmaniasis

Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 1994 - academic.oup.com
SUMMARY Natural autoantibodies (NaAb) and IgG antibodies to tetanus toxoid (TT) were
analysed in the sera of 38 children with active visceral leishmaniasis (VL) previously …