Parasitology/Immunity/TH2/TH1

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The only reason I really brought this up, is previously,

when researching inflammation, I thought I should understand it,

especially since I thought I had a parasite (Babesia) and a major

GNeg bacteria (borrelia) and probably on the cusp with Candida

(Yeast).

Then after I really got into it, I realized I couldn't take flat

statements at face value from Drs of Medicine or Engineering for that

matter.

statements like " take this product & it'll shift your TH2

inflammation to TH1 " .

I agree with the proponents of the necessity of immune modulators

when treating these infections, and of course the more we know about

this topic- the better able to choose the correct immune modulator to

accompany (antimicrobial) therapy.

Barb

From my e-files:

http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/~schisto/Lecture_Notes/Lectures5.html

Complete with a movie:

Parasite-host Interactions in Invasion and Immunity

http://www.med.nyu.edu/parasitology/faculty/jvanderberg.html

Eosinophils and TH2:

http://www.jimmunol.org/cgi/reprint/162/2/1003

Th1/Th2 Liver fibrosis

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstract & list_uids=10786035

TH1/TH2 crosstalk

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstract & list_uids=12600821

Age differences

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstract & list_uids=11744043

Eosinophils/TH2

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?

cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstract & list_uids=9098720