Gastrointestinal nematodes, trace elements, and immunity
Bibliographic record
Abstract
Abstract The exploration of the scientific literature on the interrelationship among trace elements, gastrointestinal nematodes, and their requisite Th2 immunity demonstrates extensive literature but regrettably, research remains inadequate and sparse, with far fewer studies having investigated the interrelationship among trace elements and host immunity in infected hosts. Gastrointestinal nematodes, such as hookworms, Ascaris lumbricoides, and Trichuris trichiura, require activation of the Th2 arm of the immune cascade and the expression of the Th2 cytokines (interleukin‐4, interleukin‐5, and interleukin‐10) and their effectors for worm expulsion. However, parasites have evolved a series of strategies to invade the host and to evade host defense mechanisms. Many of these mechanisms involve metalloproteinases for tissue invasion and enzymes, such as catalase and superoxide dismutase, to minimize free radical damage to the parasitic tissues from the host's immune system. Deficiencies of iron, molybdenum, copper, and zinc, have been associated with higher worm burdens, as have excessive intakes of molybdenum, iron, and copper. The possibility is emerging that there may be an optimum trace element level in the diet above which and below which the parasite is advantaged. Moreover, there is some data to suggest that specific trace elements may be directly toxic to the parasite. J. Trace Elem. Exp. Med. 16: 237–251, 2003. © 2003 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.009 | 0.001 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".