Where are we on worms?

Colonization with Heligmosomoides polygyrus Suppresses Mucosal IL-17 Production

(2014) D. E. Elliott et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

A Helminth Immunomodulator Reduces Allergic and Inflammatory Responses by Induction of IL-10-Producing Macrophages

(2014) C. Schnoeller et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Helminth-host immunological interactions: prevention and control of immune-mediated diseases

(2012) David E. Elliott et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Parasitic worms and inflammatory disease

(2012) Anne Cooke   CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY

Inflammatory bowel disease in the 21st century in China: Turning challenges into opportunities

(2012) Qin OUYANG et al.   Journal of Digestive Diseases

Exposure to hookworms in patients with Crohn’s disease: a case-control study

(2011) J. Kabeerdoss et al.   ALIMENTARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Epidemiology and Natural History of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

(2011) Jacques Cosnes et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Helminth Infection Does Not Reduce Risk for Chronic Inflammatory Disease in a Population-Based Cohort Study

(2011) Peter Bager et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

New IBD genetics: common pathways with other diseases

(2011) C. W. Lees et al.   GUT

Incidence, disease phenotype at diagnosis, and early disease course in inflammatory bowel diseases in Western Hungary, 2002–2006

(2011) Laszlo Lakatos et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

Hookworm products ameliorate dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis in BALB/c mice

(2011) Guilherme Grossi Lopes Cançado et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

Effect of Hookworm Infection on Wheat Challenge in Celiac Disease – A Randomised Double-Blinded Placebo Controlled Trial

(2011) A. James Daveson et al.   PLoS One

Suppression of Inflammatory Immune Responses in Celiac Disease by Experimental Hookworm Infection

(2011) Henry J. McSorley et al.   PLoS One

The landscape of human genes involved in the immune response to parasitic worms

(2010) Matteo Fumagalli et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Increasing Incidence of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among Young Men in Korea Between 2003 and 2008

(2010) Dong Hyuk Shin et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES

In Vitro-Derived Alternatively Activated Macrophages Reduce Colonic Inflammation in Mice

(2010) Meaghan M. Hunter et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Alteration of the murine gut microbiota during infection with the parasitic helminth Heligmosomoides polygyrus

(2010) Seth T. Walk et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

Inflammatory bowel disease in the Asia-Pacific area: A comparison with developed countries and regional differences

(2010) Vineet AHUJA et al.   Journal of Digestive Diseases

Heligmosomoides polygyrus Infection Can Inhibit Colitis through Direct Interaction with Innate Immunity

(2010) L. Hang et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Amelioration of intestinal colitis by macrophage migration inhibitory factor isolated from intestinal parasites through Toll-like receptor 2

(2010) M. K. CHO et al.   PARASITE IMMUNOLOGY

The epidemiology of inflammatory bowel diseases in Finland

(2010) Pia Manninen et al.   SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

IL-22+ CD4+ T Cells Are Associated with Therapeutic Trichuris trichiura Infection in an Ulcerative Colitis Patient

(2010) M. J. Broadhurst et al.   Science Translational Medicine

The therapeutic potential of the filarial nematode-derived immunodulator, ES-62 in inflammatory disease

(2009) M. M. Harnett et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Role of T cell TGF-β signaling in intestinal cytokine responses and helminthic immune modulation

(2009) M. Nedim Ince et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Extracts of the Rat Tapeworm, Hymenolepis diminuta, Suppress Macrophage Activation In Vitro and Alleviate Chemically Induced Colitis in Mice

(2009) M. J. G. Johnston et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Infection withHymenolepis diminutaIs More Effective than Daily Corticosteroids in Blocking Chemically Induced Colitis in Mice

(2009) Alexandra Melon et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Parasites represent a major selective force for interleukin genes and shape the genetic predisposition to autoimmune conditions

(2009) Matteo Fumagalli et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

How to become a parasite – lessons from the genomes of nematodes

(2009) Christoph Dieterich et al.   TRENDS IN GENETICS

Helminths as governors of inflammatory bowel disease

(2008) J. Buning et al.   GUT