Induction of CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) regulatory T cells during human hookworm infection modulates antigen-mediated lymphocyte proliferation.

• Egile Nagusiak: Natasha Delaqua Ricci (Egilea), Jacqueline Araújo Fiúza (Egilea), Lilian Lacerda Bueno (Egilea), Guilherme Grossi Lopes Cançado (Egilea), Pedro Henrique Gazzinelli-Guimarães (Egilea), Virgillio Gandra Martins (Egilea), Leonardo Ferreira Matoso (Egilea), Rodrigo Rodrigues Cambraia de Miranda (Egilea), Stefan Michael Geiger (Egilea), Rodrigo Correa-Oliveira (Egilea), Andréa Gazzinelli (Egilea), Daniella Castanheira Bartholomeu (Egilea), Ricardo Toshio Fujiwara (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-11-01T00:00:00Z.
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Hookworm infection is considered one of the most important poverty-promoting neglected tropical diseases, infecting 576 to 740 million people worldwide, especially in the tropics and subtropics. These blood-feeding nematodes have a remarkable ability to downmodulate the host immune response, protect...