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SUBMITTER: Dixit A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5666823 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dixit Aakanksha A Tanaka Akane A Greer Judith M JM Donnelly Sheila S
International journal of molecular sciences 20171013 10
The evolutionary response to endemic infections with parasitic worms (helminth) was the development of a distinct regulatory immune profile arising from the need to encapsulate the helminths while simultaneously repairing tissue damage. According to the old friend's hypothesis, the diminished exposure to these parasites in the developed world has resulted in a dysregulated immune response that contributes to the increased incidence of immune mediated diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Ind ...[more]