Helminth infection with Litomosoides sigmodontis induces regulatory T cells and inhibits allergic sensitization, airway inflammation, and hyperreactivity in a murine asthma model.

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Published in J Immunol on February 01, 2008

Authors

Anna M Dittrich1, Annika Erbacher, Sabine Specht, Felix Diesner, Martin Krokowski, Angela Avagyan, Philippe Stock, Birgit Ahrens, Wolfgang H Hoffmann, Achim Hoerauf, Eckard Hamelmann

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Charité-Campus Virchow Klinikum, Universitätsmedizin in Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, Germany.

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