Worming their way into the pharmacy: Use of worms and worm products to treat inflammatory diseases

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3068-3071

  Finkelman, Fred D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; CD40 ANTIGEN; ES 62; GLYCOPROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED KINASE 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED KINASE 4; INTERLEUKIN 17; PATTERN RECOGNITION MOLECULE; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTHRITIS; HELMINTHIASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; WORM;

ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, EXPERIMENTAL; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DENDRITIC CELLS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-17; MALE;

EID: 84869054101     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.34635     Document Type: Review

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