Cross-Reactivity between Schistosoma mansoni Antigens and the Latex Allergen Hev b 7: Putative Implication of Cross-Reactive Carbohydrate Determinants (CCDs)

Cross-Reactivity between Schistosoma mansoni Antigens and the Latex Allergen Hev b 7: Putative Implication of Cross-Reactive Carbohydrate Determinants (CCDs)

IgG antibodies produced by rabbits immunized against S. mansoni antigens cross-reacted with aqueous soluble constituents of a variety of allergens. The antibody cross-reactivity was largely sensitive to degradation by treatment of the target antigens with sodium meta-periodate, suggesting the cross-reactivity was due to carbohydrate determinants that were common to both the schistosome and the ...

Hev b 5: latex allergen implicated in clinically relevant cross-reactivity with manioc.

Cross-reactivity between Necator americanus and Schistosoma mansoni in mice.

Poly-parasitism is common in endemic communities and reactivity of sera from hookworm-infected patients against schistosomular antigens has been reported. Protective cross-immunity between N. americanus and S. mansoni was investigated in NIH and BALB/c mice. Protective resistance to homologous challenge with both parasites was confirmed in this model, however, functional immunity to heterologou...

Cross-reactivity of Food Allergens with Latex – Diagnostic and Clinical Implications

Considerable efforts have been undertaken to characterise the molecular features of Hevea brasiliensis latex allergens as a result of the high prevalence of latex allergy in well-defined risk groups such as health-care workers (HCW) and children with spina bifida (SB). Most of the latex allergens have been purified to homogeneity by conventional purification methods or by molecular cloning tech...

Cross-reactivity of Schistosoma mansoni-Fasciola gigantica influenced by saponins.

The aim of the present work was to investigate the Schistosoma mansoni and Fasciola gigantica cross-reactivity between adult worms and egg homogenates of the parasites. Immunoprophylactic effects of crude Schistosoma mansoni worms and egg antigens mixed with or without saponins extracted from Atriplex nummularia were studied followed by challenge with 80 cercariae of Schistosoma mansoni. Our re...