Amelioration of ovalbumin-induced lung inflammation in a mouse model by novel cystatin.

Background And Aims: Asthma, a chronic disease affecting humans and animals, has recently become increasingly prevalent and steadily widespread. The alternative treatment of asthma using helminth infections or helminth-derived immunomodulatory molecules (IMs) has been evaluated and demonstrated significant amelioration of disease severity index and . , a parasitic nematode and its IMs, elicits a potential to relieve asthma and other immune-related disorders.