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[Cross-reactivity between parasitic antigens and T lymphocyte surface antigens: a possible host-escape mechanism for
S Bresson-Hadni1, M Liance, R Houin
1Service d'Hépatologie, CHU, Besançon.
Comptes Rendus Des Seances De La Societe De Biologie Et De Ses Filiales
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
We report an immunocytochemical analysis of E. m. protoscolices obtained in 2 strains of mice (AKR, Balb c) which were experimentally infected. Sections of hepatic and peritoneal lesions and spreading of protoscolices from peritoneal vesicles were analyzed. Five monoclonal antibodies, specific of murine T lymphocyte populations, produced an intense and regular staining of the anterior area of the protoscolices. This immunostaining has not yet been explained; it could bear witness to particular mode of parasite protection against host immunological responses.