Abstract:
:Successful endoparasites of mammals must outwit the sophisticated immune systems of their hosts that have evolved to detect and destroy/eradicate them. Many species of helminth parasite can directly or indirectly manipulate host immunity: helminth-derived molecules can suppress or skew activity of many immune cell phenotypes, and mobilization of regulatory cells in response to infection can inhibit immune cell activation. Moreover, many investigations, principally in laboratory-based rodent-helminth systems, demonstrate that infection with helminths (trematode, cestode or nematode) can ameliorate the severity of concomitant disease that model diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple sclerosis. Ongoing analyses in these model systems may uncover novel approaches to the management and cure of inflammatory diseases that are major global health issues. However, the potential of environmentally or experimentally (i.e. 'therapeutically') acquired infection with helminth parasites to exaggerate the severity immunopathologies in the host should not be overlooked. Here, examples of infection with helminth parasites exacerbating concomitant disease and commentary on possible adverse effects of helminth therapy are provided--the intent is not to undermine the development of helminth therapy, but to illustrate caveats that may need to be considered should helminth therapy be utilized as a treatment for inflammatory disease.
journal_name
Parasite Immunoljournal_title
Parasite immunologyauthors
McKay DMdoi
10.1111/pim.12160subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-06-01 00:00:00pages
324-32issue
6eissn
0141-9838issn
1365-3024journal_volume
37pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Use of the pig as an animal model in schistosomiasis research is increasing, but knowledge of the porcine immune response to schistosome infection is still very limited. We investigated the immunohistology of different maturation stages of the Schistosoma japonicum egg granuloma in pigs. Liver sections from pigs exper...
journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-3024.2002.00448.x
更新日期:2002-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2005-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-3024.1986.tb00831.x
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/pim.12310
更新日期:2016-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/pim.12577
更新日期:2018-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-3024.2002.00491.x
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/pim.12032
更新日期:2013-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-3024.2009.01160.x
更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/pim.12611
更新日期:2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2017-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-3024.1991.tb00553.x
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-3024.1997.d01-201.x
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/pim.12686
更新日期:2020-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1989-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-3024.1994.tb00337.x
更新日期:1994-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1991-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1983-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1986-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2001-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Parasite immunology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2007-09-01 00:00:00