Albendazole reduces hepatic inflammation and endoplasmic reticulum-stress in a mouse model of chronic Echinococcus multilocularis infection.

• Main Authors: Michael Weingartner (Author), Simon Stücheli (Author), Fadi Jebbawi (Author), Bruno Gottstein (Author), Guido Beldi (Author), Britta Lundström-Stadelmann (Author), Junhua Wang (Author), Alex Odermatt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Echinococcus multilocularis causes alveolar echinococcosis (AE), a rising zoonotic disease in the northern hemisphere. Treatment of this fatal disease is limited to chemotherapy using benzimidazoles and surgical intervention, with frequent disease recurrence in cases w...