Is host serum miR-223 a potential new biomarker for Schistosoma japonicum infection and the response to chemotherapy?
This study suggested that the circulating miR-223 could serve as a potential new biomarker for the detection of schistosome infection and the assessment of the response to chemotherapy.
Effusion in the middle ear induced by histamine is an appropriate medium for H. pylori reproduction and it also aggravates the inflammation process. In contrary, H. pylori did not cause inflammation in the normal middle ear. We suggest that H. pylori does not play a role in the etiology of otitis media with effusion alone, but it contributes to the inflammation process in the presence of an effusion.