Elevated Adaptive Immune Responses Are Associated with Latent Infections of Wuchereria bancrofti

Transforming growth factor–β1 variant Leu10Pro is associated with both lack of microfilariae and differential microfilarial loads in the blood of persons infected with lymphatic filariasis

(2011) Alexander Yaw Debrah et al.   HUMAN IMMUNOLOGY

Linkage of Type I Interferon Activity and TNF-Alpha Levels in Serum with Sarcoidosis Manifestations and Ancestry

(2011) Nadera J. Sweiss et al.   PLoS One

Induction of immunoglobulin G4 in human filariasis: an indicator of immunoregulation

(2010) T. Adjobimey et al.   ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY

IL-6: Regulator of Treg/Th17 balance

(2010) Akihiro Kimura et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis

(2010) Mark J Taylor et al.   LANCET

Transforming growth factor-beta expression by host cells is elicited locally by the filarial nematode Onchocerca volvulus in hyporeactive patients independently from Wolbachia

(2010) Simone Korten et al.   MICROBES AND INFECTION

Low levels of transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) and reduced suppression of Th2-mediated inflammation in hyperreactive human onchocerciasis

(2010) S. KORTEN et al.   PARASITOLOGY

Macrofilaricidal Activity and Amelioration of Lymphatic Pathology in Bancroftian Filariasis after 3 Weeks of Doxycycline Followed by Single-Dose Diethylcarbamazine

(2009) Sabine Mand et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Immunoglobulin G4: an odd antibody

(2009) R. C. Aalberse et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL ALLERGY

WolbachiaLipoprotein Stimulates Innate and Adaptive Immunity through Toll-like Receptors 2 and 6 to Induce Disease Manifestations of Filariasis

(2009) Joseph D. Turner et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Heritable Factors Play a Major Role in Determining Host Responses toWuchereria bancroftiInfection in an Isolated South Pacific Island Population

(2009) Karen T. Cuenco et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Filariasis and lymphoedema

(2009) K. M. PFARR et al.   PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY

Filarial Lymphedema Is Characterized by Antigen-Specific Th1 and Th17 Proinflammatory Responses and a Lack of Regulatory T Cells

(2009) Subash Babu et al.   PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Tr1 and naturally occurring regulatory T cells induce IgG4 in B cells through GITR/GITR-L interaction, IL-10 and TGF-β

(2008) Judith S. Satoguina et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

CD4+(and Not CD25+) T Cells Are the Predominant Interleukin‐10–Producing Cells in the Circulation of Filaria‐Infected Patients

(2007) Edward Mitre et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES