The TWiPtastic trio solves the case of the Surfer from Switzerland, and reveal how taste-chemosensory tuft cells in the gut regulate immune responses to parasites.
TWiP 96: Salivary pharmacopeia
- October 3, 2015
- Tagged as: Ankylostoma braziliense, Belize, cutaneous, cutaneous larva migrans, foxp3, IL10, immune response, leishmania, leishmaniasis, parasite, parasitism, saliva, sandfly, Th1, Th2, Treg, vector
The TWiPanosomes solve the case about the Young Woman who Went to Belize, and relate how sandfly saliva skews the immune response and increases risk of cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Christina Naula, Ph.D.
Dickson D.
Despommier, Ph.D.
Daniel Griffin, M.D.,
Vincent Racaniello, Ph.D.