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| Title |
Human helminth therapy to treat inflammatory disorders- where do we stand?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Immunology, March 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12865-015-0074-3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Helena Helmby |
| Abstract |
Parasitic helminths have evolved together with the mammalian immune system over many millennia and as such they have become remarkably efficient modulators in order to promote their own survival. Their ability to alter and/or suppress immune responses could be beneficial to the host by helping control excessive inflammatory responses and animal models and pre-clinical trials have all suggested a beneficial effect of helminth infections on inflammatory bowel conditions, MS, asthma and atopy. Thus, helminth therapy has been suggested as a possible treatment method for autoimmune and other inflammatory disorders in humans. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 55 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 33% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 7% |
| India | 3 | 5% |
| Canada | 3 | 5% |
| France | 2 | 4% |
| Finland | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Singapore | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 22 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 32 | 58% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 11 | 20% |
| Scientists | 8 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 350 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Denmark | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 340 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 89 | 25% |
| Student > Master | 57 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 46 | 13% |
| Researcher | 36 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 46 | 13% |
| Unknown | 62 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 61 | 17% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 55 | 16% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 54 | 15% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 52 | 15% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 43 | 12% |
| Unknown | 75 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 108. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 January 2024.
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#397,683
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Outputs from BMC Immunology
#3
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#4,520
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So far Altmetric has tracked 624 research outputs from this source. They receive a mean Attention Score of 3.9. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 99% of its peers.
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