Summary: Early recruitment of natural CD41
Foxp31
Treg cells
by infective larvae determines the outcome of filarial
infection
Matthew D. Taylor1
, Nienke van der Werf1
, Anjanette Harris1
,
Andrea L. Graham1
, Odile Bain2
, Judith E. Allen1
and Rick M. Maizels1
1
Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
2
Parasitologie Compare´e et Mode´les Expe´rimentaux, Muse´um National d'Histoire Naturelle,
Paris, France
Human helminth infections are synonymous with impaired immune responsiveness
indicating suppression of host immunity. Using a permissive murine model of filariasis,

Source: Allen, Judith - School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Graham, Andrea L. - School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh
Maizels, Rick - School of Biological Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Collections: Biology and Medicine; Environmental Sciences and Ecology