Helminths and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Suppression of IBD in the laboratory model Heligmosomoides polygyrus

Model

Detail

 Suppression

 Reference

IL-10-deficient colitis

 C57BL/6 piroxicam-induced

 Histopathology, 

 IFN-γ and IL-12

 Elliott et al., 2004

 T cell transfer

 IL-10-/- T cells + piroxicam

 Histopathology

 Metwali et al., 2006

 TNBS colitis

 C57BL/6 d14 infection, d4 colitis

 Histopathology

 Setiawan et al., 2007

 TNBS colitis

 BALB/c d10 infection, d4 colitis

 Histopathology, 

 IFN-γ and TNF

 Sutton et al., 2008

 T cell transfer

 IL-10-/- T cells + piroxicam

 Histopathology, 

 IFN-γ   and IL-17

 Hang et al., 2010,  2013

 OVA-specific colitis

 OVA-specific T cells and oral OVA 

 Histopathology, 

 IFN-γ and IL-17

 Leung et al., 2012

 DSS colitis

 BALB/c mice, up to 18 days

 Weight loss and 

 fecal blood

Donskow-Lysniewska 2013

Suppression of IBD by TGM1 from Heligmosomoides polygyrus

Smyth, D.J., Ren, B., White, M., McManus, C., Webster, H., Shek, V., Evans, C., Pandhal, J., Fields, F., Maizels, R.M. and Mayfield, S. (2021). Oral delivery of a functional algal-expressed TGF-β mimic halts colitis in a murine DSS model.  Journal of Biotechnology  340 : 1-12. PDF on Publisher’s Website

Smyth, D.J., White, M.P.J., Johnston, C.J.C., Donachie, A.-M., Campillo Poveda, M, McSorley, H.J. and Maizels, R.M. (2023) Protection from T cell-dependent colitis by the helminth-derived immunomodulatory mimic of transforming growth factor-β, TGM.  Discovery Immunology 2: 1-12.   doi.org/10.1093/discim/kyad001

Maizels Lab Reviews

Maizels, R.M., McSorley, H.J. and Smyth, D.J. (2014). Helminths in the hygiene hypothesis – sooner or later ? Clin Exp Immunol 177: 38-46.    10.1111/cei.12353.  PDF on Publisher’s Website

Publications from Leading Authors

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