Depending on the cytokine environment, macrophages can differentiate into distinct subsets
that perform specific immunological roles. In this regard, the functions of macrophages …

A review of current literature on mammalian hosts' sexual dimorphism (SD) in parasitic
infections revealed that (1) it is a scarcely and superficially studied biological phenomenon …

Understanding the role of CD11b+ GR-1+ myeloid suppressor cells in the immune
suppression and immunoregulation associated with a variety of diseases may provide …

Macrophages are highly plastic innate immune cells that adopt an important diversity of
phenotypes in response to environmental cues. Helminth infections induce strong type 2 cell …

Taenia crassiceps is a cestode parasite of wild and domestic animals that rarely affects
humans; it has been widely used as an experimental model. The asexual proliferation by …

Cestode worms, commonly also known as 'flat'worms or tapeworms, are an important class
of endoparasitic organisms. In order to complete their life cycle, they infect intermediate and …

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of treating Taenia solium infected pigs with
oxfendazole (OFZ) on viability and clearance of cysticerci and the corresponding …

To determine the role of endogenous migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in regulation of
immune response during murine cysticercosis caused by the helminth parasite Taenia …

Abstract Using STAT6−/− BALB/c mice, we analyzed the role of STAT6-induced Th2
response in determining the outcome of murine cysticercosis caused by the helminth …

Hydatidosis is a widely endemic helminthic disease vectored in human by the larval stage of
the metacestode Echinococcus granulosus. It is characterized by the long-term coexistence …