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Co-infection of helminths and malaria: modulation of the immune responses to malaria by HARTGERS, F.C, YAZDANBAKHSH, M

“…Chronic helminth infections induce strong type 2 and regulatory immune responses and are known to influence immune activity to other antigens such as allergens…”
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Cellular and Humoral Responses to Influenza in Gabonese Children Living in Rural and Semi-Urban Areas by van Riet, E., Adegnika, A. A., Retra, K., Vieira, R., Tielens, A. G. M., Lell, B., Issifou, S., Hartgers, F. C., Rimmelzwaan, G. F., Kremsner, P. G., Yazdanbakhsh, M.

“…Background. With the current attention to the pandemic threat of avian influenza viruses, it is recognized that there is little information on influenza in…”
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Schistosome infection is negatively associated with mite atopy, but not wheeze and asthma in Ghanaian Schoolchildren by Obeng, B. B., Amoah, A. S., Larbi, I. A., de Souza, D. K., Uh, H.-W., Fernández-Rivas, M., van Ree, R., Rodrigues, L. C., Boakye, D. A., Yazdanbakhsh, M., Hartgers, F. C.

“…Summary Background Epidemiological evidence suggests that helminth infection and rural living are inversely associated with allergic disorders. Objective The…”
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Cellular and humoral responses to tetanus vaccination in gabonese children by van Riet, E, Retra, K, Adegnika, A.A, Jol-van der Zijde, C.M, Uh, H.-W, Lell, B, Issifou, S, Kremsner, P.G, Yazdanbakhsh, M, van Tol, M.J.D, Hartgers, F.C

“…Abstract Protection to tetanus is often not optimal in developing countries due to incomplete vaccination schemes, or decreased efficacy of vaccination. In…”
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Urban–rural differences in the gene expression profiles of Ghanaian children by Amoah, A S, Obeng, B B, May, L, Kruize, Y C, Larbi, I A, Kabesch, M, Wilson, M D, Hartgers, F C, Boakye, D A, Yazdanbakhsh, M

“…Recent studies indicate that urbanization is having a pronounced effect on disease patterns in developing countries. To understand the immunological basis of…”
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Prevalence and risk factors of inflammatory acne vulgaris in rural and urban Ghanaian schoolchildren by Hogewoning, A.A., Koelemij, I., Amoah, A.S., Bouwes Bavinck, J.N., Aryeetey, Y., Hartgers, F., Yazdanbakhsh, M., Willemze, R., Boakye, D.A., Lavrijsen, A.P.M.

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Allergic characteristics of urban schoolchildren with atopic eczema in Ghana by Hogewoning, AA, Larbi, IA, Addo, HA, Amoah, AS, Boakye, D, Hartgers, F, Yazdanbakhsh, M, Van Ree, R, Bouwes Bavinck, JN, Lavrijsen, APM

“…Background  Atopic eczema is an increasing clinical problem in Africa. Objective  To determine allergic characteristics and to identify possible risk factors…”
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The Dendritic Cell-Specific CC-Chemokine DC-CK1 Is Expressed by Germinal Center Dendritic Cells and Attracts CD38-Negative Mantle Zone B Lymphocytes by Lindhout, Ernst, Vissers, Joost L. M, Hartgers, Franca C, Huijbens, Richard J. F, Scharenborg, Nicole M, Figdor, Carl G, Adema, Gosse J

“…DC-CK1 (CCL18) is a dendritic cell (DC)-specific chemokine expressed in both T and B cell areas of secondary lymphoid organs that preferentially attracts…”
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DC‐STAMP, a novel multimembrane‐spanning molecule preferentially expressed by dendritic cells by Hartgers, Franca C., Vissers, Joost L. M., Looman, Maaike W. G., Zoelen, Claudia van, Huffine, Connie, Figdor, Carl G., Adema, Gosse J.

“…Dendritic cells (DC) are unique in their ability to present antigen to naive T cells, and therefore play a central role in the initiation of immune responses…”
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Quantitative analysis of chemokine expression by dendritic cell subsets in vitro and in vivo by Vissers, Joost L. M., Hartgers, Franca C., Lindhout, Ernst, Teunissen, Marcel B. M., Figdor, Carl G., Adema, Gosse J.

“…Upon maturation, dendritic cells (DCs) have to adjust their chemokineexpression to sequentially attract different leukocyte subsets. We usedreal‐time…”
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BLC (CXCL13) is expressed by different dendritic cell subsets in vitro and in vivo by Vissers, Joost L. M., Hartgers, Franca C., Lindhout, Ernst, Figdor, Carl G., Adema, Gosse J.

“…Dendritic cells (DC) attract both T and B lymphocytes to induce an efficient antigen‐specific immune response. Recently, it was shown that naïve T cells are…”
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Application of a circulating-cathodic-antigen (CCA) strip test and real-time PCR, in comparison with microscopy, for the detection of Schistosoma haematobium in urine samples from Ghana by Obeng, B.B., Aryeetey, Y.A., de Dood, C. J., Amoah, A.S., Larbi, I.A., Deelder, A.M., Yazdanbakhsh, M., Hartgers, F.C., Boakye, D.A., Verweij, J.J., van Dam, G. J., van Lieshout, L.

“…In the detection of parasitic infection, the traditional methods based on microscopy often have low sensitivity and/or specificity compared with the newer,…”
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Genomic organization, chromosomal localization, and 5' upstream region of the human DC-STAMP gene by Hartgers, F C, Looman, M W, van der Woning, B, Merkx, G F, Figdor, C G, Adema, G J

“…Dendritic cells (DCs) play an importnt role in the induction of antigen-specific immune responses. Immature DCs capture antigens in peripheral tissues and…”
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Effect of additives on densification and deformation of tetragonal zirconia by BOUTZ, M. M. R, WINNUBST, A. J. A, HARTGERS, F, BURGGRAAF, A.J

“…The effect of additives (Bi2O3, Fe2O3) on densification and creep rates of tetragonal ZrO2-Y2O3 was investigated. In Bi2O3-doped Y-TZP, a reactive liquid forms…”
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Out of Africa: what can be learned from the studies of allergic disorders in Africa and Africans? by Obeng, Benedicta Baffoah, Hartgers, Franca, Boakye, Daniel, Yazdanbakhsh, Maria

“…PURPOSE OF REVIEWAllergic diseases have only recently gained serious attention in Africa. This review discusses recent studies that have focused on allergy…”
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Schistosome infection is negatively associated with mite atopy, but not wheeze and asthma in G hanaian S choolchildren by Obeng, B. B., Amoah, A. S., Larbi, I. A., de Souza, D. K., Uh, H.‐W., Fernández‐Rivas, M., van Ree, R., Rodrigues, L. C., Boakye, D. A., Yazdanbakhsh, M., Hartgers, F. C.

“…Summary Background Epidemiological evidence suggests that helminth infection and rural living are inversely associated with allergic disorders. Objective The…”
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A dendritic-cell-derived C-C chemokine that preferentially attracts naive T cells by Adema, Gosse J, Hartgers, Franca, Verstraten, Riet, de Vries, Edwin, Marland, Gill, Menon, Satish, Foster, Jessica, Xu, Yuming, Nooyen, Pete, McClanahan, Terrill, Bacon, Kevin B, Figdor, Carl G

“…Dendritic cells form a system of highly efficient antigen-presenting cells. After capturing antigen in the periphery, they migrate to lymphoid organs where…”
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Analysis of dendritic cells at the genetic level by Marland, G, Hartgers, F C, Veltkamp, R, Königswieser, M F, Gorman, D, McClanahan, T, Figdor, C G, Adema, G J

“…To increase our understanding of dendritic cell (DC) function we have used two approaches to search at the genetic level for molecules which are specifically…”
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Identification of genes specifically expressed in dendritic cells using differential display PCR by Hartgers, F

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Reduced Cord Blood Immune Effector-Cell Responsiveness Mediated by CD4 super(+) Cells Induced in Utero as a Consequence of Placental Plasmodium falciparum Infection by Brustoski, K, Moeller, U, Kramer, M, Hartgers, F C, Kremsner, P G, Krzych, U, Luty, AJF

“…To determine mechanisms of neonatal parasite antigen (Ag)-specific immune suppression associated with placental Plasmodium falciparum infection, we isolated…”
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