 Helminths
"Helminths" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D006376
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Helminths- Helminths
- Helminth
- Worms, Parasitic
- Parasitic Worms
- Parasitic Worm
- Worm, Parasitic
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| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Helminths" by people in Profiles.
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Papaiakovou M, Fraija-Fern?ndez N, James K, Briscoe AG, Hall A, Jenkins TP, Dunn J, Levecke B, Mekonnen Z, Cools P, Doyle SR, Cantacessi C, Littlewood DTJ. Evaluation of genome skimming to detect and characterise human and livestock helminths. Int J Parasitol. 2023 02; 53(2):69-79.
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Miller MM, Reinhardt RL. The Heterogeneity, Origins, and Impact of Migratory iILC2 Cells in Anti-helminth Immunity. Front Immunol. 2020; 11:1594.
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Harmacek LD, Patel P, Woolaver R, Reinhardt RL, O'Connor BP. Library Preparation for ATAC-Sequencing of Mouse CD4+ T Cells Isolated from the Lung and Lymph Nodes After Helminth Infection. Methods Mol Biol. 2018; 1799:327-340.
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Joseph MB, Stutz WE, Johnson PT. Multilevel Models for the Distribution of Hosts and Symbionts. PLoS One. 2016; 11(11):e0165768.
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Coakley G, Buck AH, Maizels RM. Host parasite communications-Messages from helminths for the immune system: Parasite communication and cell-cell interactions. Mol Biochem Parasitol. 2016 07; 208(1):33-40.
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Hannon ER, Kinsella JM, Calhoun DM, Joseph MB, Johnson PT. Endohelminths in Bird Hosts from Northern California and an Analysis of the Role of Life History Traits on Parasite Richness. J Parasitol. 2016 04; 102(2):199-207.
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Mehta P, Furuta GT. Eosinophils in Gastrointestinal Disorders: Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Diseases, Celiac Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, and Parasitic Infections. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2015 Aug; 35(3):413-37.
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Finlay CM, Walsh KP, Mills KH. Induction of regulatory cells by helminth parasites: exploitation for the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Immunol Rev. 2014 May; 259(1):206-30.
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Figueiredo CA, Cooper P, Barreto M, Alc?ntara-Neves NM, Barnes K. Conference scene: Parasites to treat immune-mediated diseases? Immunotherapy. 2012 Jun; 4(6):573-5.
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Spencer LA, Weller PF. Eosinophils and Th2 immunity: contemporary insights. Immunol Cell Biol. 2010 Mar-Apr; 88(3):250-6.
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