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. 2020 Apr 28;15:2957–2969. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S250993

Table 2.

Targeted Diseases, Cytokine Profile, Cell Line and Animal Models Employed in Each Study

No. Helminths
/Protozoa
Parasite Diseases Cytokine/Chemokine In vitro/Cell Line In vivo/Host Refs
1 Helminths F. hepatica IBD IL-17 (Dec)
IL-6 (Dec)
IL-10 (NC)
TNFα (Dec)
- Female C57BL/6 mice 40
A. suum Ascariasis - Murine macrophage cell line J774A.1 - 43
H. polygyrus Heligmosomoidesis IL-10 (Dec)
IL-33(Dec)
IL-6 (Dec)
CCL 17 (Dec)
TNF (Dec)
RAW246.7 macrophage cell line, MODE-K (small intestinal epithelial cell line) Female C57BL/6 mice, BALB/c mice 46
H. polygyrus Allergy due to Alternaria IL-5 (Dec)
IL-13 (Dec)
IL-33R (Dec)
MODE-K cells BALB/c mice 52
N. brasiliensis, T. muris IBD IL-6 (Dec)
IL-1β (Dec)
IFNγ (Dec)
IL-17a (Dec)
IL-10 (Inc)
TGFβ (Dec)
- B10.BR mice 42
T. muris Trichuriasis - - C57BL/6 and SCID mice 41
2 Protozoa T. cruzi Chagas - - - 44
T. gondii Toxoplasmosis IL-10 (Dec)
IL-12 (Inc)
TNF-α (Inc)
IFN-γ (Inc)
IL-4 (NC)
HEK293T cell line, RAW 264.7 Female BALB/c mice 45
E. tenella Coccidiosis IL-2 (Inc)
IL-16 (Inc)
IFN-γ (Inc)
- White Leghorn chickens 47
Schistosoma spp. Human Schistosomiasis - - - 48
E. caproni - IFN-c (Inc)
IL-4 (Inc)
TGF-β (Inc)
IL-10 (Inc)
BALB/c mice 49
T. vaginalis Trichomoniasis * RAW264.7 BALB/c mice 50
P. yoelii Malaria - - BALB/c mice 51
L. major Leishmaniasis * - Female BALB/c mice 53
E. tenella, E. maxima, and E. acervulina Coccidiosis IL-2 (Inc)
IL-16 (Inc)
IFN- γ (Inc)
IL-4 (Dec)
IL10 (Dec)
- White Leghorn chickens 54
E. tenella Coccidiosis IL-2 (Inc)
IL-6 (Inc)
IFN- γ (Inc)
IL-4 (Inc)
- Cobb 500 broilers 55

Note: *In these studies, several times and combinations were investigated. For details, please see the cited references.

Abbreviations: IBD, inflammatory bowel diseases; Dec, decreased; Inc, increased; NC, no changes; IL, interleukin; TNF, tumor necrosis factor; IFN- γ, interferon-gamma; TGF-β, tumor growth factor-beta; CCL, chemokine (C-C motif) ligand.