Korean J Parasitol.  2006 Dec;44(4):271-283. 10.3347/kjp.2006.44.4.271.

Immune reactions and allergy in experimental anisakiasis

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Parasitology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 136-705, Korea. csw0419@korea.ac.kr
  • 2Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul 136-705, Korea.
  • 3Division of Brain Korea 21 Projects for Biomedical Science, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 136-705, Korea.

Abstract

The third-stage larvae (L3) of the parasitic nematode, Anisakis simplex, have been implicated in the induction of hyperimmune allergic reactions in orally infected humans. In this work, we have conducted a review of an investigation into immune reactions occurring in animals experimentally infected with A. simplex L3. The patterns of serum antibody productions in the experimental animals against excretory-secretory products (ESP) of A. simplex L3 contributed to our current knowledge regarding specific humoral immune reactions in humans. In our review, we were able to determine that L3 infection of experimental animals may constitute a good model system for further exploration of immune mechanisms and allergy in anisakiasis of humans.

Keyword

Anisakis simplex; immune reaction; IgE; allergy; ELISA; rat

MeSH Terms

Rats
Mice
Larva/immunology
Immunoglobulin E/blood
Hypersensitivity/*etiology/immunology
Humans
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Disease Models, Animal
Antigens, Helminth/immunology
Anisakis/growth & development/*immunology
Anisakiasis/immunology
Animals
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