IFNγ and IL-12 Restrict Th2 Responses during Helminth/Plasmodium Co-Infection and Promote IFNγ from Th2 Cells.

Parasitic helminths establish chronic infections in mammalian hosts. Helminth/Plasmodium co-infections occur frequently in endemic areas. However, it is unclear whether Plasmodium infections compromise anti-helminth immunity, contributing to the chronicity of infection. Immunity to Plasmodium or hel...

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Published in:PLoS Pathogens
Main Authors: Stephanie M Coomes, Victoria S Pelly, Yashaswini Kannan, Isobel S Okoye, Stephanie Czieso, Lewis J Entwistle, Jimena Perez-Lloret, Nikolay Nikolov, Alexandre J Potocnik, Judit Biró, Jean Langhorne, Mark S Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-07-01
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1004994&type=printable