Evaluation of the Local and Peripheral Immune Responses in Patients with Cystic Echinococcosis.
Linda PetroneSaeid Najafi FardLaura FalascaSettimia SbarraAntonella TeggiEmanuele NicastriLucia Rosalba GrilloMirco BurocchiGiuseppe Maria EttorreAlessandra LudovisiDaniele ColomboFranca Del NonnoDelia GolettiPublished in: Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) (2024)
lymphocytes infiltrate the pericyst and the surrounding liver tissue with a low IL-4/IL-13 expression level and a moderate IFN-γ expression level; moreover, an IL-4 parasite-specific response is detected in the periphery. These results support adventitia involvement in CE immunopathogenesis.