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. 2012 Oct;25(4):585–608. doi: 10.1128/CMR.05040-11

Table 2.

Regulation of immunopathology by helminth infections in micea

Parasite and model Mechanism type Reference(s)
Fasciola hepatica
    EAE TGF–β dependent, IL–10 independent 294
Heligmosomoides polygyrus
    Peanut-specific food allergy IL-10 dependent 23
    House dust mite-specific airway allergy Treg dependent, IL-10 independent 304
Breg dependent, IL-10 independent 305
    OVA-specific airway allergy Treg dependent, IL-10 independent?g 111, 146, 304
    NOD diabetes Treg and IL-10 independent 167
    NOD diabetes 247
    EAE Breg dependent (IL-10 independent) 305
    TNBS colitis 273
IL-10 dependent 254
    IL-10-deficient T cell transfer colitis IL-10 independent 107
    IL-10-deficient piroxicam-induced colitis CD8+ cell dependent, IL-10 independent 76, 199
    OVA-specific colitis 163
Hymenolepis diminuta
    Col II-specific arthritis IL-4Rα, CD4, and IL-10 dependent 256
    DNBS colitis Macrophage and IL-10 dependent 129, 130
Litomosoides sigmodontis
    OVA-specific airway allergyb TGF-β and CD25+ Treg independent 67
    NOD diabetes TGF-β dependent; Th2, IL-10, and CD25+ Treg independent 126, 127
Nippostrongylus brasiliensis
    OVA-specific airway allergyc IL-10 dependent 307
Schistosoma japonicum
    Col II-specific arthritisd 114
    TNBS colitis 319
Schistosoma mansoni
    Penicillin-specific anaphylaxisd IL-10-producing Breg dependent; Treg, macrophage, and TGF-β independent 185
    OVA-specific airway allergyd,e,f CD1dhi B cell-dependent, IL-10-dependent expansion of Tregse 186
T or B cells transferred protection, IL-10 dependentd 4e
CD25+ Treg dependent (IL-10 independent)f 260d
217d,f
    NOD diabetesd,f 50d
NKT cell dependentf 317f
    Col II-specific arthritisd 215
    DSS colitise Macrophage and IL-10 dependent (but not alternatively activated macrophages) 259
    TNBS colitise 204
Symphacia obvelata
    CFA-induced arthritis 221
Trichinella spiralis
    NOD diabetes 247
    DNBS colitis 141
    EAE Dose dependent, transferred with splenocytes 104, 105
a

EAE, experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; OVA, chicken egg ovalbumin; NOD, nonobese diabetic; TNBS, trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid; DNBS, dinitrobenzene sulfonic acid; TGF-β, transforming growth factor β; Treg, regulatory T cell; Breg, regulatory B cell; NKT, natural killer T; Col II, collagen II.

b

L. sigmodontis adults implanted into peritoneal cavity prior to OVA-alum injection.

c

Dependent on infection time: suppresses only when infection is prior to but not after sensitization.

d

Mixed-sex infection.

e

Male-only infection.

f

Egg injection.

g

IL-10-independent suppression in reference 304, and IL-10-dependent suppression in reference 146.