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Immune modulation and modulators in Heligmosomoides polygyrus infection.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Sept 2012
Maizels Rick M, Hewitson James P, Murray Janice, Harcus Yvonne M, Dayer Blaise, Filbey Kara J, Grainger John R, McSorley Henry J, Reynolds Lisa A, Smith Katherine A
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The intestinal nematode parasite Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri exerts widespread immunomodulatory effects on both the innate and adaptive immune system of the host. Infected mice adopt an immunoregulated phenotype, with abated allergic and autoimmune reactions. At the cellular level, infection is accompanied by expanded regulatory T cell populations, skewed dendritic cell and macrophage phenotypes, B cell...
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