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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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TWiP 107: Parasites leave a bad taste in my gut

  • April 11, 2016
  • Tagged as: bot fly, immune response, immunity, innate lymphoid cell, intestinal epithelium, microbiota, Oestrus ovis, parasite, parasitism, taste-chemosensory cell, Trichomonas, tuft cell, type 2 immunity
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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.

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TWiP 36: Trichuris and microbes plan a hatch

  • February 1, 2012
  • Tagged as: microbiota, microflora, parasite, parasitism, symbiosis, trichuris

Vincent and Dickson review how gut bacteria help establish T. muris in the large intestine of mice.

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