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Immunological cross-reactivity analysis on recombinant histamine-releasing factors from Schistosoma japonicum, Clonorchis sinensis, and Wistar rat

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Studies have demonstrated a declined incidence of allergic disorders in the population with helminthic infection. Though several hypotheses have been proposed to explain how helminthic infection protected people against allergies, the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. A human histamine-releasing factor (HRF) has been proved to be closely related to the development of allergic disorders and the homologues are ubiquitously expressed in all eukaryotic organisms including parasites. To study the role of this HRF in the relationship between parasitic infection and allergic diseases with experimental model of rats, the cDNA of the homologues of the human HRF from Wistar rat, Schistosoma japonicum, and Clonorchis sinensis containing a coding region of 519, 510, and 510 bp, respectively, were cloned. In addition, the cross-reactivity between recombinant rat HRF (rRHRF) and recombinant S. japonicum HRF (rSjHRF) as well as that between rRHRF and recombinant C. sinensis HRF (rCsHRF) was identified with ELISA and Western blotting. Based on their detected cross-reactivities, a hypothesis was put forward that the anti-parasitic HRFs antibodies could inhibit the effects of host HRF and those of parasitic HRFs and thus decreased the host sensitivities to allergens.

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This research was funded by a grant from the national natural science foundation of China (No. 30571634). The experiments comply with the current laws of the country in which the experiments were performed.

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    **aoxiang Chen, Xuchu Hu, Zhongdao Wu, **nbing Yu, Changling Ma & Zhenwen Zhou

  2. Department of Microbiology, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou, China

    **aoxiang Chen & Changling Ma

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Chen, X., Hu, X., Wu, Z. et al. Immunological cross-reactivity analysis on recombinant histamine-releasing factors from Schistosoma japonicum, Clonorchis sinensis, and Wistar rat. Parasitol Res 100, 749–754 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00436-006-0331-8

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