Echinococcus granulosus infection reduces airway inflammation of mice likely through enhancing IL-10 and down-regulation of IL-5 and IL-17A

Echinococcus granulosus infection reduces airway inflammation of mice likely through enhancing IL-10 and down-regulation of IL-5 and IL-17A

Abstract Background Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a near cosmopolitan zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the dog tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. E. granulosus infection induces a polarized T-helper type 2 (Th2) systematic immune response in its intermediate hosts. However, it is not known whet...

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Main Authors: Hui Wang, Jun Li, Hongwei Pu, Bilal Hasan, Jinfeng Ma, Malcolm K Jones, Kan Zheng, Xue Zhang, Haimei Ma, Donald P McManus, Renyong Lin, Hao Wen, Wenbao Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2014-11-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Allergic asthma
Echinococcus granulosus
Cystic echinococcosis
IL-5
IL-10
IL-17A
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0522-6

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-014-0522-6

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