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Nature Medicine 13, 1288 - 1289 (2007)
doi:10.1038/nm1107-1288
Worms tame mast cells
Edward J Pearce1
- Edward J. Pearce is in the Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 380 South University Ave., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. e-mail: ejpearce@mail.med.upenn.edu
Abstract
A protein produced by parasitic roundworms that inhibits the inflammatory response is shown to prevent mast cell activation. The protein could potentially be used for the management of allergies and asthma (pages 1375–1381).
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