Colitis promotes adaptation of an intestinal nematode: a Heligmosomoides polygyrus mouse model system.

The precise mechanism of the very effective therapeutic effect of gastrointestinal nematodes on some autoimmune diseases is not clearly understood and is currently being intensively investigated. Treatment with living helminths has been initiated to reverse intestinal immune-mediated diseases in hum...

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Main Authors: Katarzyna Donskow-Łysoniewska, Justyna Bien, Klaudia Brodaczewska, Katarzyna Krawczak, Maria Doligalska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3805612?pdf=render