[Research progress in immunopathogenesis of cystic echinococcosis].
This article reviews the immunopathogenesis of cystic echinococcosis in the following seven aspects: innate immunity, establishment phase immunity, cystic phase immunity, influencing factor of CD4+ T cell polarization, cytokine function in infected host, Echinococcus granulosus infection and allergy, and immune evasion mechanism.
Zhu
You-Ming
YM
Department of Infectious Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China.
Li
Wen-Gui
WG
D000818:Animals; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000502:physiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans