Autoantibodies in Patients with Fasciolosis

KAYA S., DEMIRCI M., CETIN E. S., ARIDOĞAN B., ŞAHİN M., KORKMAZ M.

IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY, vol.4, no.3, pp.32-39, 2009 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 4 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2009
  • Journal Name: IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PARASITOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.32-39
  • Süleyman Demirel University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: Antiself humoral immune responses have been detected not only in classical autoimmune diseases, but autoantibodies have also been found in sera of patients suffering from chronic parasitic diseases. We aimed to investigate the role of fasciolosis as a trigger factor of autoimmune reactivity by searching some antibodies related to hepatobiliary systems, in patients with fasciolosis.