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Immune regulation during helminth infections
Helminths are very successful at regulating host immune responses to evade rejection and as a consequence may also protect the host from certain autoimmune diseases. Clinical trials are underway to determine if reintroducing helminths to patients may be a viable therapeutic strategy. In a Pearls article, Girgis et al. review features of the immune response against helminths, focusing in particular on immune regulation. The picture shows Trichuris trichiura eggs inside a female worm from an infected individual.
Image Credit: Kimberley Evason, UCSF School of Medicine, Department of Pathology
Citation: (2013) PLoS Pathogens Issue Image | Vol. 9(4) April 2013. PLoS Pathog 9(4): ev09.i04. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.ppat.v09.i04
Published: April 25, 2013
Copyright: © 2013 Girgis et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Helminths are very successful at regulating host immune responses to evade rejection and as a consequence may also protect the host from certain autoimmune diseases. Clinical trials are underway to determine if reintroducing helminths to patients may be a viable therapeutic strategy. In a Pearls article, Girgis et al. review features of the immune response against helminths, focusing in particular on immune regulation. The picture shows Trichuris trichiura eggs inside a female worm from an infected individual.
Image Credit: Kimberley Evason, UCSF School of Medicine, Department of Pathology