Therapeutic potential of fucoidan in the reduction of hepatic pathology in murine schistosomiasis japonica

Therapeutic potential of fucoidan in the reduction of hepatic pathology in murine schistosomiasis japonica

Abstract Background Hepatic granuloma formation and fibrosis as the consequence of tissue entrapped eggs produced by female schistosomes characterize the pathology of Schistosoma japonicum infection. It has been proposed that fucoidan, a sulfated polysaccharide existing naturally in brown seaweed Fu...

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Main Authors: Xueqi Bai, Maining Li, Xinyue Wang, Hao Chang, Yangyue Ni, Chen Li, Kaiyue He, Huiquan Wang, Yuxuan Yang, Tian Tian, Min Hou, Minjun Ji, Zhipeng Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Granuloma
Fibrosis
Fucoidan
Treg
Schistosoma japonicum
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13071-020-04332-7

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