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Echinococcosis

 
 
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Disease relevance of Echinococcosis

 

High impact information on Echinococcosis

 

Chemical compound and disease context of Echinococcosis

  • In this work, extracts from bovine hydatid cysts were analyzed for the presence of factor H-like function, namely the cofactor activity for the breakdown of amidated bovine C3 by bovine factor I. Both this activity and antigenically detectable bovine factor H were found in most extracts [10].
  • Long-term chemotherapy of human alveolar echinococcosis with benzimidazole compounds (mebendazole, albendazole) has been shown to be primarily parasitostatic, but its curative (parasitocidal) efficacy is debated [11].
  • Here, we report the efficacy of amphotericin B in human alveolar echinococcosis [12].
  • Moreover, it can be hypothesized that each hydatid cyst has an intrinsic sensitivity to benzoimidazole carbamates [13].
  • This study suggests that a staggered dosing regimen of oxfendazole, and possibly other benzimidazoles, may be as efficacious as daily treatment regimens for hydatidosis while decreasing both the cost and adverse effects associated with daily dosing [14].
 

Biological context of Echinococcosis

 

Anatomical context of Echinococcosis

  • Proteolytic activity in hydatid cyst fluid, cyst membranes and protoscoleces of E. granulosus was analyzed by electrophoresis in gelatin-containing polyacrylamide gels, including characterization with a set of protease inhibitors [19].
  • The significantly increased IL-4 and the high IL-10 concentrations found in PBMC from many hydatid patients in this study are consistent with Th2 cell activation in human hydatidosis [20].
  • Induction of NO synthase in leukocytes from hydatidic patients was induced by stimulating these cells with a specific parasitic antigen, Antigen-5, as assessed by the increased levels of NO3- + NO2- in the range of 60-85 microM for patients with liver hydatidosis, as compared to the 20-25 microM detected in healthy controls [21].
  • An indirect haemagglutination (IHA) test was performed with chick red blood cells (RBC) on sera from 26 confirmed cases of echinococcosis and 45 control sera [22].
  • Most notably, there was a definite increase in the expression of IL-10 in CD8(+) lymphocytes from patients with alveolar echinococcosis [23].
 

Gene context of Echinococcosis

  • Collectively, the present study provides the first evidence that a TH2 immune response is gradually activated during the course of E. multilocularis infection, indicating a critical role for IL-5 in the manifestation of human alveolar echinococcosis [24].
  • Increased basal production of interleukin-10 by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in human alveolar echinococcosis [25].
  • The significantly reduced levels of IGF-I (p<0.001), IGF-II (p=0.017) and IGFBP-3 and the increased presence of IGFBP-2 were found in patients with echinococcosis [26].
  • HLA-DRB1 allele in 35 patients with alveolar echinococcosis in Gansu Province of China [27].
  • Previously, we reported the presence of IFN, TNF-alpha and IL-6 activities in the serum of patients with liver and lung hydatidosis [21].
 

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Echinococcosis

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