TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS AS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC AGENT: FROM A RISKY DISEASE TO A FRIEND

SAAD, ABEER E.; GHANEM, HEBA B.

doi:10.21608/jesp.2020.88799

TRICHINELLA SPIRALIS AS A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC AGENT: FROM A RISKY DISEASE TO A FRIEND

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

ABEER E. SAAD ¹^{, 2}
HEBA B. GHANEM ³^{, 4}

¹ Department of Pathology, Medical Parasitology Subunit, College of Medicine, Jouf University.+

² Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University.

³ Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia.+

⁴ Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Tanta, Egypt.

10.21608/jesp.2020.88799

Abstract

Trichinella spiralis infection is capable of manipulating the human immunological system through modulation of cells and molecules of the host`s immune system. There are different mechanisms of T. spiralis for changing the balance of immunological response to be benefit for the parasite and host. Moreover, there is similarity in-between the response of infected muscle cells at early stage of infection and muscle regeneration. As a result, T. spiralis may have therapeutic effects in many autoimmune and degenerative diseases.

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