Year: 2014
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Allergens are complex mixes of proteins and other compounds that have innate signaling capacity leading to Th2 inflammation. Understanding the role of each of these signals is essential to determining what separates allergens from innocuous proteins. Here, we examine two models for Th2 inflammation: infection with the helminth Trichinella spiralis and footpad immunization with papain, a cysteine protease structurally similar to proteases found in many common allergens including grass pollen and dust mites and helminth-secreted proteases secreted. Together, these studies highlight previously unappreciated effector roles of accessory cells during Th2 inflammation.
Author: Daniel F. Dwyer
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2171780680