Extraintestinal Helminth Infection Limits Pathology and Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression during DSS-Induced Ulcerative Colitis: A Role for Alternatively Activated Macrophages and Prostaglandins

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T. crassiceps-infected mice efficiently control colitis-associated pathology. Course of ulcerative colitis in T. crassiceps-infected and uninfected mice following 7 days of treatment with DSS at 4%. (a) Body weight change. (b) Clinical score. (c) Photograph of gross pathology of colons from different groups of mice. (d) Length of colon of infected and uninfected mice with ulcerative colitis. Bars represent the mean ± SD for six mice per group. , . All data are representative of three independent experiments.

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