Ascaris lumbricoides Cystatin Prevents Development of Allergic Airway Inflammation in a Mouse Model

S Coronado, J Zakzuk, R Regino, V Ahumada… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Severe helminth infections are negatively associated to allergic diseases like asthma;
therefore, the immunomodulatory properties of parasite-derived components have been …

Preventive and therapeutic effects of Trichinella spiralis adult extracts on allergic inflammation in an experimental asthma mouse model

S Sun, H Li, Y Yuan, L Wang, W He, H Xie, S Gao… - Parasites & vectors, 2019 - Springer
Background Helminths immunomodulate the host immune system by secreting proteins to
create an inhibitory environment as a strategy for survival in the host. As a bystander effect …

Vishniacozyma victoriae (syn. Cryptococcus victoriae) in the homes of asthmatic and non-asthmatic children in New York City

RE Rush, KC Dannemiller, SJ Cochran… - Journal of exposure …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Indoor environments contain a broad diversity of non-pathogenic
Basidiomycota yeasts, but their role in exacerbating adverse health effects has remained …

CD146+ umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells exhibit high immunomodulatory activity and therapeutic efficacy in septic mice

L Zhang, X Zhang, Y Liu, W Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Several studies have shown that MSCs can significantly improve the survival of
sepsis animals. CD146+ mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) correlate with high therapeutic …

A skin lipidomics study reveals the therapeutic effects of tanshinones in a rat model of acne

T Chen, Z Zhu, Q Du, Z Wang, W Wu, Y Xue… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tanshinone (TAN), a class of bioactive components in traditional Chinese medicinal plant
Salvia miltiorrhiza, has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, can enhance blood …

Evaluation of the effect of Toxocara cati infection in the mouse model of allergic asthma: Exacerbation of allergic asthma symptoms and Th2 types of response

A Bakhshani, SP Shirvan, M Maleki… - … and Infectious Diseases, 2020 - Elsevier
Toxocariasis is considered a neglected disease despite the importance of Toxocara spp.
infections for human health and is little recognized as a significant problem by public health …

Protective effect of metformin on sepsis myocarditis in zebrafish

M Zhang, W Sun, J Du, Y Gou, L Liu… - Dose …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Purpose: We found in previous study that metformin could treat sepsis myocarditis in a
mouse model. We employed the zebrafish model organism to investigate the effect of …

Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Marshallagia marshalli and phylogenetic implications for the superfamily Trichostrongyloidea

MM Sun, L Han, FK Zhang, DH Zhou, SQ Wang… - Parasitology …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Marshallagia marshalli (Nematoda: Trichostrongylidae) infection can lead to
serious parasitic gastroenteritis in sheep, goat, and wild ruminant, causing significant …

[HTML][HTML] Immunoregulatory effects of somatic extract of Toxocara canis on airway inflammations in murine model

M Badri, F Ghaffarifar, ZM Hassan… - Iranian Journal of …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: The immunomodulatory role of many parasites is well-documented. The
current study designed to assess the immunoregulatory effects of the somatic extract (SE) of …

Examining the pulmonary response to repeated Vishniacozyma victoriae exposure and its association with allergic airway disease

RE Rush - 2022 - researchrepository.wvu.edu
Allergic airway diseases such as asthma continue to increase in incidence in industrialized
nations like the United States. These diseases are complex inflammatory processes …