Open AccessChemokines responses to ascaris lumbricoides sole infection and co-infection with hookworm among Nigerians
Author(s) -
Omorodion Oriri Asemota,
O. P. G. Nmorsi,
César Isaac,
EM Odoya,
Janet Funmilayo Akinseye,
Osesojie Isaac
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.127750
Subject(s) - ascaris lumbricoides , cxcl9 , immunology , cxcl11 , chemokine , medicine , immune system , cxcl5 , biology , helminths , cxcl10
Geohelminth infections are predominant in Nigeria and communities at greatest risks are those with poor environmental/sanitary conditions and unhygienic habits. Chemokine ligands (CXCL) a class under chemokine group play important roles in the immune system by either mediating susceptible or protective immune responses to parasitic infections.