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TWiP 250: Gut bacteria help Trichinella suppress colitis

January 3, 2025
Tagged as: colitis, Crohns, IBD, inflammatory bowel disease, microbiome, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, Trichinella

TWiP reviews a study showing that the gut microbiota is essential for suppression of colitis by Trichinella spiralis. Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Daniel Griffin, and Christina Naula Click arrow to playDownload TWiP #250 (75 MB .mp3, 522…

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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

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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TWiP 250: Gut bacteria help Trichinella suppress colitis

TWiP 112: A NOD to a tricky helminth

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