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Gene expression patterns of biopsies from a colonoscopy taken in 2007 of an ulcerative colitis patient infected with Trichuris trichiura


ABSTRACT: Helminth infection may have the potential to suppress intestinal inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseases. Ulcerative colitis is more common in developed countries than in developing countries endemic for helminth infections. There are animal models, as well as clinical trials, suggesting therapeutic effects of experimental helminth infection. Here, we provide a comprehensive molecular portrait of dynamic changes in the intestinal mucosa of an individual who infected himself with Trichuris trichiura to treat his symptoms of ulcerative colitis. Genes involved in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism were upregulated in helminth-colonized tissue, while tissues with active colitis showed upregulation of proinflammatory genes such as IL-17, IL13RA2, and CHI3L1. T. trichiura colonization of the intestine may reduce symptomatic colitis by promoting goblet cell hyperplasia and mucus production through TH2 cytokines and IL-22. By better understanding the physiological effects of helminth infection, new therapies for ulcerative colitis could be identified. This is the first (out of three) series of arrays from this patient from a colonoscopy in 2007 when the patient had mild proctitis in the rectum and worms in the ascending and transverse colon.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE25275 | GEO | 2010/11/20

SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA142577

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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