Animal StudyHighlightedThe Immunological Effects of Electrolyzed Reduced Water on the Echinostoma hortense Infection in C57BL/6 MiceMHID-1488636PMID: 192522952009Biological & Pharmaceutical BulletinKyu Jae LEE, Dan JIN, Byung Soo CHANG, Yung Chien TENG, Dong Heui KIMElectrolyzed reduced water (ERW) is widely used for drinking by people in Asia. The purpose of this study was to examine the immunological effect of ERW on the immunity of animals by supplying ERW to C57BL/6 mice infected with Echinostoma hortense metacercariae. In the non-infected groups, interleukin (IL)-4 (p0.001), IL-5, IL-10, IL-1b, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a and immunoglobulin (Ig) A exp