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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-1-25
pubmed:abstractText
Studies have demonstrated a declined incidence of allergic disorders in the population with helminthic infection. Though several hypotheses have been proposed to explain how helminthic infection protected people against allergies, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. A human histamine-releasing factor (HRF) has been proved to be closely related to the development of allergic disorders and the homologues are ubiquitously expressed in all eukaryotic organisms including parasites. To study the role of this HRF in the relationship between parasitic infection and allergic diseases with experimental model of rats, the cDNA of the homologues of the human HRF from Wistar rat, Schistosoma japonicum, and Clonorchis sinensis containing a coding region of 519, 510, and 510 bp, respectively, were cloned. In addition, the cross-reactivity between recombinant rat HRF (rRHRF) and recombinant S. japonicum HRF (rSjHRF) as well as that between rRHRF and recombinant C. sinensis HRF (rCsHRF) was identified with ELISA and Western blotting. Based on their detected cross-reactivities, a hypothesis was put forward that the anti-parasitic HRFs antibodies could inhibit the effects of host HRF and those of parasitic HRFs and thus decreased the host sensitivities to allergens.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0932-0113
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
100
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
749-54
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunological cross-reactivity analysis on recombinant histamine-releasing factors from Schistosoma japonicum, Clonorchis sinensis, and Wistar rat.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Parasitology, Medical College, Sun Yat-sen University, 74 Zhongshan 2nd Road, 510080, Guangzhou, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't