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TWiP 112: A NOD to a tricky helminth

  • June 25, 2016
  • Tagged as: Bacterioides, Clostridium, Crohn's disease, helminth, inflammatory bowel disease, microbiota, Nod2, parasite, parasitism, Trichuris muris, type 2 immunity
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The TWiP trio solve the case of the Woman from Washington Heights, and reveal how helminth infection protects mice deficient in the Crohn’s disease gene NOD2 from intestinal disease by inhibiting colonization with an inflammatory bacterial species.

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