Clinical Use of Schistosoma mansoni Antigens as Novel Immunotherapies for Autoimmune Disorders

The hygiene hypothesis states that improved hygiene and the resulting disappearance of once endemic diseases is at the origin of the enormous increase in immune related disorders such as autoimmune diseases seen in the industrialized world. Helminths, such as Schistosoma mansoni, are thought to prov...

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Main Authors: L. Cleenewerk, Johan Garssen, Astrid Hogenkamp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2020.01821/full