Helminth parasite infections are associated with a battery of immunomodulatory
mechanisms that affect all facets of the host immune response to ensure their persistence …

Epidemiological and interventional human studies, as well as experiments in animal
models, strongly indicate that helminth parasitic infections can confer protection from …

Recent studies have demonstrated that many parasites release extracellular vesicles (EVs),
yet little is known about the specific interactions of EVs with immune cells or their functions …

Heligmosomoides polygyrus is a natural intestinal parasite of mice, which offers an excellent
model of the immunology of gastrointestinal helminth infections of humans and livestock. It is …

The intestinal helminth parasite, Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri offers a tractable
experimental model for human hookworm infections such as Ancylostoma duodenale and …

The nematode Heligmosomoides polygyrus is an excellent model for intestinal helminth
parasitism. Infection in mice persists for varying lengths of time in different inbred strains …

Gastro-intestinal helminth infections trigger the release of interleukin-33 (IL-33), which
induces type-2 helper T cells (Th2 cells) at the site of infection to produce IL-13, thereby …

The intestinal nematode parasite Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri exerts widespread
immunomodulatory effects on both the innate and adaptive immune system of the host …

Heligmosomoides polygyrus (formerly known as Nematospiroides dubius, and also referred
to by some as H. bakeri) is a gastrointestinal helminth that employs multiple …

Allergic asthma is less prevalent in countries with parasitic helminth infections, and mice
infected with parasites such as H eligmosomoides polygyrus are protected from allergic …