Somatic antigens of tropical liver flukes ameliorate collagen-induced arthritis in wistar rats.

Parasitic helminths polarize immune response of their vertebrate hosts towards anti-inflammatory Th2 type and therefore it is hypothesized that they may suppress the inflammatory conditions in autoimmune disorders. The present study was undertaken to investigate in vivo immunomodulatory and therapeu...

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Main Authors: Yasir Akhtar Khan, Sadiq Umar, Syed M A Abidi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4436316?pdf=render