Helminths

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Commonly known as parasitic worms, this group includes the ACANTHOCEPHALA; NEMATODA; and PLATYHELMINTHS. Some authors consider certain species of LEECHES that can become temporarily parasitic as helminths.

Descriptor ID	D006376
MeSH Number(s)	B01.050.500.500
Concept/Terms	Helminths Helminths Helminth Worms, Parasitic Parasitic Worms Parasitic Worm Worm, Parasitic Aschelminthes Aschelminthes Aschelminthe Gordius Gordius Nematomorpha Nematomorpha Nematomorphas

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Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Invertebrates [B01.050.500]
Helminths [B01.050.500.500]

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2011	0	1	1
2012	0	1	1
2017	1	0	1

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Coelho CH, Gazzinelli-Guimaraes PH, Howard J, Barnafo E, Alani NAH, Muratova O, McCormack A, Kelnhofer E, Urban JF, Narum DL, Anderson C, Langhorne J, Nutman TB, Duffy PE. Chronic helminth infection does not impair immune response to malaria transmission blocking vaccine Pfs230D1-EPA/Alhydrogel? in mice. Vaccine. 2019 02 14; 37(8):1038-1045.

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Metwali A, Thorne PS, Ince MN, Metwali N, Winckler S, Guan X, Beyatli S, Truscott J, Urban JF, Elliott DE. Recirculating Immunocompetent Cells in Colitic Mice Intensify Their Lung Response to Bacterial Endotoxin. Dig Dis Sci. 2018 11; 63(11):2930-2939.

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Lorentsen KJ, Cho JJ, Luo X, Zuniga AN, Urban JF, Zhou L, Gharaibeh R, Jobin C, Kladde MP, Avram D. Bcl11b is essential for licensing Th2 differentiation during helminth infection and allergic asthma. Nat Commun. 2018 04 26; 9(1):1679.

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Noon JB, Aroian RV. Recombinant subunit vaccines for soil-transmitted helminths. Parasitology. 2017 Dec; 144(14):1845-1870.

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Everts B, Tussiwand R, Dreesen L, Fairfax KC, Huang SC, Smith AM, O'Neill CM, Lam WY, Edelson BT, Urban JF, Murphy KM, Pearce EJ. Migratory CD103+ dendritic cells suppress helminth-driven type 2 immunity through constitutive expression of IL-12. J Exp Med. 2016 Jan 11; 213(1):35-51.

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Verhoef PA, Constantinides MG, McDonald BD, Urban JF, Sperling AI, Bendelac A. Intrinsic functional defects of type 2 innate lymphoid cells impair innate allergic inflammation in promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger (PLZF)-deficient mice. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Feb; 137(2):591-600.e1.

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Guo L, Huang Y, Chen X, Hu-Li J, Urban JF, Paul WE. Innate immunological function of TH2 cells in vivo. Nat Immunol. 2015 Oct; 16(10):1051-9.

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Li Y, Chen HL, Bannick N, Henry M, Holm AN, Metwali A, Urban JF, Rothman PB, Weiner GJ, Blazar BR, Elliott DE, Ince MN. Intestinal helminths regulate lethal acute graft-versus-host disease and preserve the graft-versus-tumor effect in mice. J Immunol. 2015 Feb 01; 194(3):1011-20.

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Gowthaman U, Rai PK, Khan N, Jackson DC, Agrewala JN. Lipidated promiscuous peptides vaccine for tuberculosis-endemic regions. Trends Mol Med. 2012 Oct; 18(10):607-14.

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Santiago HC, LeeVan E, Bennuru S, Ribeiro-Gomes F, Mueller E, Wilson M, Wynn T, Garboczi D, Urban J, Mitre E, Nutman TB. Molecular mimicry between cockroach and helminth glutathione S-transferases promotes cross-reactivity and cross-sensitization. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2012 Jul; 130(1):248-56.e9.

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