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Partial resistance to homologous challenge infections of the digenean Echinostoma caproni in ICR mice
2015
AbstractIn the present paper, we analyse the effect of a primary infection of ICR mice with Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) on the generation of resistance against homologous challenge infections. In ICR mice, E. caproni induces chronic infections concomitantly with strong responses characterized by the development of T-helper 1 (Th1)-type local immune responses with elevated levels of local interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and inflammatory and antibody responses. Here, the effect of the response generated against a primary infection with E. caproni in the generation of resistance against subsequent homologous infections was analysed. For this purpose, ICR mice were challenged wit…
Interleukin-25-mediated resistance against intestinal trematodes does not depend on the generation of Th2 responses
2020
AbstractInterleukin-25 (IL-25) is recognized as the most relevant initiator of protective Th2 responses in intestinal helminth infections. It is well known that IL-25 induces resistance against several species of intestinal helminths, including the trematode Echinostoma caproni. E. caproni has been extensively used as an experimental model to study the factors determining the resistance to intestinal infections. Herein, we assessed the role of IL-25 in the generation of resistance in mice to E. caproni infections. ICR mice are permissive hosts for E. caproni in which chronic infections are developed in relation to the lack of IL-25 production in response to primary infection and the consequ…
Figure di poesia in Purgatorio XXX-XXXI. Riprese dantesche in Caproni e Giudici
2015
Expresión diferencial de proteínas en el íleon de ratón asociadas con el desarrollo de infecciones crónicas por Echinostoma caproni
2015
Entre las enfermedades parasitarias que afectan a la humanidad, las helmintiasis intestinales destacan por su gran morbilidad, ya que actualmente afectan a más de 2000 millones de personas y causan grandes pérdidas económicas relacionadas con la ganadería y la veterinaria. Echinostoma caproni es un trematodo intestinal que, por sus características, es utilizado en numerosos estudios como modelo experimental para determinar los factores por los que se resuelve una infección aguda o se desarrolla una infección crónica causada por helmintos intestinales. En este trabajo se analizó la expresión diferencial de proteínas durante una primoinfección, después de un tratamiento farmacológico y durant…
Spazio e autobiografia nella poesia di Giorgio Caproni. Le “città dell’anima” e i luoghi descritti “per denominazione”
2017
Il saggio propone un attraversamento delle diverse stagioni dell’opera poetica di Giorgio Caproni, volto a costruire una ‘mappa’ della topografia dell’autore passando in rassegna non solo alcuni dei principali luoghi della sua poesia, ma anche modi e forme in cui la “funzione spazio” viene in essa declinata. la città, in particolare le cosiddette “città dell’anima”, Genova e Livorno, e altri “luoghi descritti per enumerazione” diventano le tappe di un percorso che avviene attraverso luoghi immaginari e spazi realmente esistiti. gli uni e gli altri si combinano a costituire itinerari di volta in volta diversi ma capaci di dare solidità a un unico “luogo preciso”: il mondo interiore del poeta…
«IN QUESTA GEOGRAFIA PRECISA E INFREQUENTATA» Le topografie letterarie della poesia di Giorgio Caproni
2022
Il volume punta a disegnare una mappa letteraria dei luoghi di Giorgio Caproni, mettendone in rilievo la funzione conoscitiva, e indaga le plurime declinazioni semantiche, i modi e le forme della poetica dello spazio caproniana. Le “città dell’anima”, Genova e Livorno, e i territori “descritti per enumerazione” diventano le tappe di un percorso condotto tra luoghi reali e luoghi immaginari che si combinano in definitiva in una vivida ed eloquente geografia interiore.
Differential expression and glycosylation of proteins in the rat ileal epithelium in response to Echinostoma caproni infection.
2013
Echinostoma caproni (Trematoda: Echinostomatidae) is an intestinal trematode that has been used as experimental model to investigate the factors determining the expulsion of intestinal helminths. We analyze the changes in the protein expression and glycosylation induced by E. caproni in Wistar rat, a host of low compatibility in which the parasites are rapidly rejected. To determine the changes in protein expression, two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis was employed using protein extracts from the intestine of naïve and infected rats. The patterns of glycosylation were analyzed by lectin blotting. Those spots showing differential expression or glycosylation were analyzed by mass s…
Development of an antibody-based capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting echinostoma caproni (trematoda) in experimentally infected r…
2003
The present study reports on the development of a coproantigen capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for detecting Echinostoma caproni in experimentally infected rats. The capture ELISA was based on polyclonal rabbit antibodies that recognize excretory–secretory (ES) antigens. The detection limit of pure ES was 3 ng/ml in sample buffer and 60 ng/ml in fecal samples. The test was evaluated using a follow-up of 10 rats experimentally infected with 100 metacercariae of E. caproni, and the results were compared with those of other diagnostic methods such as parasitological examination and antibody titers determined by indirect ELISA. Coproantigens were detected in all the infected r…
Kinetics of antibodies and antigens in serum of mice experimentally infected with echinostoma caproni (trematoda: echinostomatidae)
2005
The present study reports on the kinetics of antibodies and antigens in serum of mice experimentally infected with 75 metacercariae of Echinostoma caproni during the first 12 wk postinfection (wpi). Antibody titers in the serum of mice were determined by an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using excretory/secretory (ES) antigens of E. caproni. The early detection of antibodies against ES antigens of E. caproni is feasible using indirect ELISA. Mice developed significant antibody responses at 2 wpi, and the values progressively increased until the end of the experiment. This may be related to the intestinal absorption of adult worm antigens that induces humoral responses. T…
Echinostomes as experimental models for interactions between adult parasites and vertebrate hosts.
2005
Echinostomes are intestinal trematodes that, for years, have served as experimental models in different areas of parasitology. However, the usefulness of these trematodes in experimental parasitology has been underappreciated. In this article, we examine the characteristics that make echinostomes useful models for analysis of the interactions between adult parasites and vertebrate hosts, particularly in relation to the host-related factors that determine the establishment of the parasites.