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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-10
pubmed:abstractText
Bursaphelenchus xylophilus (B. xylophilus) is a pine wood nematode that is known to cause pine wilt disease. We report here that B. xylophilus extracts augmented the polyclonal immunoglobulin E (IgE) production induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) plus interleukin-4 (IL-4) both in murine splenocytes and purified B cells as determined by ELISA and ELIspot assays, but they did not cause such a promotion in the absence of either LPS or IL-4. We also observed that the antigen-nonspecific IgE levels were increased in sera of mice treated with B. xylophilus extracts, which were comparable to those of Ascaris suum extracts. These findings suggest that administration of B. xylophilus extracts could suppress allergic diseases via a saturation of mast cell Fcepsilon receptors or/and an inhibition of antigen-specific IgE synthesis to the allergen by a polyclonal response.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1347-8613
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
91
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
158-62
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Adjuvants, Immunologic, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Ascaris suum, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-B-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Immunoglobulin E, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Interleukin-4, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Mast Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Nematoda, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Receptors, Fc, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Spleen, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Stimulation, Chemical, pubmed-meshheading:12686761-Tissue Extracts
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Augmentation by Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, a pine wood nematode, of polyclonal IgE production induced by lipopolysaccharide plus interleukin-4 in murine splenocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Immunochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, In Vitro