Review Article

Helminths: Immunoregulation and Inflammatory Diseases—Which Side Are Trichinella spp. and Toxocara spp. on?

Table 2

Suppression of experimental inflammatory diseases by parasite-derived antigens.

HelminthAntigenModelReference

Trichinella spiralis Soluble antigens of muscle larvae
EAE
DNBS-induced colitis
[77]
[78]
Trichuris suis Soluble antigens of adult wormEAE[77]
Ancylostoma ceylanicum Soluble and excretory-secretory antigens of adult wormDSS-induced colitis [79]
Hymenolepis diminuta Soluble antigens of adult wormDNBS-induced colitis[80]
Heligmosomoides polygyrus Excretory-secretory antigens (HES) of adult wormEAAI[73]
Ancylostoma caninum Excretory-secretory antigens of adult wormTNBS-induced colitis[81]
Acanthocheilonema vitae ES-62Collagen-induced arthritis[82]
Schistosoma mansoni Soluble antigens of adult worm TNBS-induced colitis [81]
SEA and soluble adult worm antigen T1D[83]
Recombinant proteins (Sm22·6, Sm29) and soluble adult worm fraction (PIII)EAAI[84]
Schistosoma japonicum SEAEAAI[85]
Nippostrongylus brasiliensis Excretory-secretory antigens (NES) of adult wormEAAI[86]
Ascaris suum Soluble antigens of adult wormEAAI[87]

EAE: experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; DNBS: dinitrobenzene sulfonic acid; TNBS: trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid; DSS: dextran sodium sulfate; T1D: type 1 diabetes; EAAI: experimental allergic airway inflammation.