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Smit, C.H. (2016)

Developmental expression and antigenicity of schistosome glycans

Doctoral Thesis
Schistosomiasis is a tropical disease affecting over 230 million people worldwide. Although effective drug treatment is available, reinfections are common, and development of immunity is slow. Most antibodies raised during schistosome infection are directed against glycans, some of which are thought to be protective. Developing schistosomula are considered most vulnerable to immune attack, and better understanding of local antibody responses raised against glycans expressed by this life stage might reveal possible glycan vaccine candidates for future vaccine research. In this tehsis we adressed the spatial and temporal expression of glycans expressed during the critical larval stages of schistosome development and we studied the (protective) antibody responses against these glycans in animals and infected human populations. Together these studies thereby contribute to an important basis for the understanding of the anti-glycan antibody responses towards Schistosoma in general and...Show moreSchistosomiasis is a tropical disease affecting over 230 million people worldwide. Although effective drug treatment is available, reinfections are common, and development of immunity is slow. Most antibodies raised during schistosome infection are directed against glycans, some of which are thought to be protective. Developing schistosomula are considered most vulnerable to immune attack, and better understanding of local antibody responses raised against glycans expressed by this life stage might reveal possible glycan vaccine candidates for future vaccine research. In this tehsis we adressed the spatial and temporal expression of glycans expressed during the critical larval stages of schistosome development and we studied the (protective) antibody responses against these glycans in animals and infected human populations. Together these studies thereby contribute to an important basis for the understanding of the anti-glycan antibody responses towards Schistosoma in general and towards the vulnerable schistosomulum in particular.Show less
Schistosomiasis
Mass spectrometry
Glycan-antigen
Glycan-microarray
Helminth
immunomodulation
Iimmunofluorescence
Vaccine
All authors
Smit, C.H.
Supervisor
Supervisor: A.M. Deelder Co-Supervisor: C.H. Hokke
Qualification
Doctor (dr.)
Date
2016-10-04
ISBN (print)
9789462993969