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SUBMITTER: Han C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662015 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Han C C Xu J J Liu C H CH Li X X Zhai P P Hashan A A Song M M
Helminthologia 20180728 3
Parasitic helminthes can suppress and/or regulate the host immune response to allow long-term survival and chronic infection where toll-like receptors (TLRs) expressed on macrophages play essential roles in response to parasitic infection. Semi-quantitative PCR and flow cytometry studies about the modulation of TLRs and cytokine profiles in macrophages following <i>T. spiralis</i> infection were performed. TLRs, MyD88 and NF-κB were up-regulated by <i>T. spiralis</i> infection and essential to t ...[more]