Th17: A New Participant in Gut Dysfunction in Mice Infected with Trichinella spiralis

• Main Authors: Yu Fu (Author), Wenfeng Wang (Author), Jingjing Tong (Author), Qi Pan (Author), Yanqing Long (Author), Wei Qian (Author), Xiaohua Hou (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Trichinella spiralis infection in rodents is a well-known model of intestinal inflammation associated with hypermotility. Our aim was to elucidate if Th17 cells were involved in the development of gastrointestinal hypermotility in this experimental model. Intestinal inflammation was observed by hema...