Infection with Soil-Transmitted Helminths Is Associated with Increased Insulin Sensitivity.

Infection with Soil-Transmitted Helminths Is Associated with Increased Insulin Sensitivity.

<h4>Objective</h4>Given that helminth infections have been shown to improve insulin sensitivity in animal studies, which may be explained by beneficial effects on energy balance or by a shift in the immune system to an anti-inflammatory profile, we investigated whether soil-transmitted h...

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Main Authors: Aprilianto E Wiria, Firdaus Hamid, Linda J Wammes, Margaretta A Prasetyani, Olaf M Dekkers, Linda May, Maria M M Kaisar, Jaco J Verweij, Bruno Guigas, Felix Partono, Erliyani Sartono, Taniawati Supali, Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Johannes W A Smit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127746

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