Helminth infection ameliorates arthritis

Chronic Helminth Infection Reduces

Immunosuppression in Helminth Infection

1.1 Parasitism Parasitism is an antagonistic relationship between organisms of different species where the parasite benefits at the expense of the host. Helminths are long-living, multicellular parasites. There are two major phylla of helminths; Nematodes and Platyhelminthes. The nematodes contain the intestinal worms known as soil-transmitted helminths including hookworms, whipworms and the fi...

Helminth infection–induced malignancy

1 Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America, 2 Research Center for Neglected Tropical Diseases of Poverty, School of Medicine & Health Sciences, The George Washington University, Washington DC, United States of America, 3 Centre for Biodiscovery and Molecular Devel...

Eupatilin Ameliorates Collagen Induced Arthritis

Eupatilin is the main active component of DA-9601, an extract from Artemisia. Recently, eupatilin was reported to have anti-inflammatory properties. We investigated the anti-arthritic effect of eupatilin in a murine arthritis model and human rheumatoid synoviocytes. DA-9601 was injected into collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) mice. Arthritis score was regularly evaluated. Mouse monocytes were dif...

Helminth Infection Alters IgE Responses to