Can worms defend our hearts? Chronic helminthic infections may attenuate the development of cardiovascular diseases

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 904-909

  Magen, Eli ^a,b   Borkow, Gadi ^a   Bentwich, Zvi ^a   Mishal, Joseph ^b   Scharf, Shimon ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; VACCINE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATTENUATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL ACTIVATION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DESIGN; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MONOCYTE; NUTRITION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SANITATION; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION; WORM; WORM INFECTION;

EID: 15344345669     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.09.028     Document Type: Article

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