MECHANISM OF THE INTERACTION MEDIATING KILLING OF SCHISTOSOMA-MANSONI BY HUMAN EOSINOPHILS
MECHANISM OF THE INTERACTION MEDIATING KILLING OF SCHISTOSOMA-MANSONI BY HUMAN EOSINOPHILS
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DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.1980.29.842
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
VADAS, MA
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作者:
DAVID, JR;BUTTERWORTH, AE;VADAS, MA
Recent work on the role of eosinophils in immunity to S. mansoni is summarized. In vitro studies have shown that human eosinophils can kill antibody-covered schistosomula. The killing mediated by eosinophils is associated with adherence of these cells and subsequent degranulation and release of eosinophil major basic protein onto the larvae. The major basic protein itself can kill the larvae. Antibody-dependent eosinophil adherence to the larvae proceeds in at least 2 distinct steps. The 1st is mediated by Fc receptors and is relatively weak; the 2nd is a temperature-dependent step which allows firm, irreversible binding of eosinophils to schistosomula. This stable binding is associated with degranulation of eosinophils, a process which appears to contribute to the preferential capacity of this cell to mediate antibody-dependent damage to schistosomula.