Journal article
The acute phase response in parasite infection. Nippostrongylus brasiliensis in the mouse.
Abstract
Systemic inflammatory reactions are a prominent feature of many parasitic infections and the cellular and humoral components of the acute phase reaction may have an impact on the host-parasite relationship. We examined serum changes of four acute phase reactants: alpha 1-proteinase inhibition (alpha 1Pi); complement C3; serum amyloid A protein (SAA); and serum amyloid P component (SAP), in mice undergoing a primary infection with …
Authors
Lamontagne LR; Gauldie J; Befus AD; McAdam KP; Baltz ML; Pepys MB
Journal
Immunology, Vol. 52, No. 4, pp. 733–741
Publication Date
August 1984
ISSN
0019-2805