Worm power: Can helminths modify the development of colorectal cancer?

Project Information

WORMTUMORS

Grant agreement ID: 657639

DOI 10.3030/657639

Project closed

EC signature date 17 April 2015

Start date 1 August 2015

End date 31 July 2018

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Total cost € 203 200,20

EU contribution € 203 200,20

Coordinated by

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
United Kingdom

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (3)

Low-level regulatory T-cell activity is essential for functional type-2 effector immunity to expel gastrointestinal helminths

Author(s): K A Smith, K J Filbey, L A Reynolds, J P Hewitson, Y Harcus, L Boon, T Sparwasser, G Hämmerling, R M Maizels
Published in: Mucosal Immunology, Issue 9/2, 2015, Page(s) 428-443, ISSN 1933-0219
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2015.73

Hookworm exposure decreases human papillomavirus uptake and cervical cancer cell migration through systemic regulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition marker expression

Author(s): Brittany-Amber Jacobs, Alisha Chetty, William Gordon Charles Horsnell, Georgia Schäfer, Sharon Prince, Katherine Ann Smith
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 8/1, 2018, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30058-9

Chronic infections with viruses or parasites: breaking bad to make good

Author(s): Andrew Godkin, Katherine A. Smith
Published in: Immunology, Issue 150/4, 2017, Page(s) 389-396, ISSN 0019-2805
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/imm.12703