Helminths and intestinal flora team up to improve gut health
Giacomin, Paul, Agha, Zainab, and Loukas, Alex (2016) Helminths and intestinal flora team up to improve gut health. Trends in Parasitology, 32 (9). pp. 664-666.
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Abstract
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are associated with impaired intestinal barrier function, chronic inflammation, and microbial dysbiosis. In a recent publication in Science, Ramanan et al. used murine and human studies to demonstrate that infections with gastrointestinal helminths can protect against IBD by provoking immune responses that alter the balance of commensal and pathogenic bacteria in the intestine.
| Item ID: | 44969 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Short Note) |
| ISSN: | 1471-5007 |
| Keywords: | helminth; microbiota; hygiene hypothesis; inflammatory bowel disease |
| Funders: | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Queensland Government Department of Science, Information Technology and Innovation (DSITI) |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Aug 2016 02:28 |
| FoR Codes: | 11 MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES > 1108 Medical Microbiology > 110803 Medical Parasitology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 92 HEALTH > 9201 Clinical Health (Organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions) > 920105 Digestive System Disorders @ 100% |
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