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Tag: Trichinella

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TWiP 168: Kleptoparasitism and the stercoraceous souvenir

  • March 27, 2019
  • Tagged as: constipation, Entamoeba hartmanni, goblet cell, Gαo, Gβ1γ13, Ip3r2, parasite, parasitism, Trichinella, tuft cell, weep and sweep, α-gustducin

The Giardians of the Galaxy solve the case of the Woman With a Colonic Stowaway from Hispaniola, and discuss activation of intestinal tuft cells by Trichinella spiralis.

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TWiP 128: It’s over 9000!

  • March 4, 2017
  • Tagged as: case study, collagen, eosinophilia, helminth, nurse cell, parasite, parasitism, Strongyloides stercoralis, Trichinella
TWiP

The TWiPerati solve the case of the Man Who Sat in Feces, and discuss a study on how Dickson’s favorite parasite induces the formation of a collagen capsule.

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TWiP 105: Survival of the fattest

  • March 12, 2016
  • Tagged as: arsenic, Artemia, brine shrimp, cestode, eukaryote, flamingo, lipid droplets, parasite, parasitism, toxicity, Trichinella
TWiP

The TWiPanosomes solve the case of the Young Man from Anchorage, and discuss how cestode parasites increase the resistance of brine shrimp to arsenic toxicity.

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TWiP 102: Nursing eosinophils

  • February 6, 2016
  • Tagged as: balantidium coli, case report, eosinophil, glucose, IL4, innate response, nurse cell, parasite, parasitism, skeletal muscle, STAT6, Trichinella
TWiP

The TWiPyzoites solve the case of the Uncommon Parasite, and discuss the role of eosinophils in promoting the growth of Trichinella in skeletal muscle.

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TWiP 72: Wormholes

  • May 24, 2014
  • Tagged as: Brugia, helminth, host manipulation, parasite, parasitism, protease, schistosomes, Strongyloides, Trichinella
Dickson and worm

Vincent and Dickson discuss five ways that helminths manipulate host tissues to survive.

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TWiP 5 – The nurse cell

  • March 4, 2010
  • Tagged as: muscle, nurse cell, parasite, parasitism, Trichinella

Vincent and Dick discuss the nurse cell, a unique structure formed in the host muscle by Trichinella species.

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TWiP 4: Trichinella life cycle

  • January 30, 2010
  • Tagged as: life cycle, parasite, parasitism, Trichinella

Vincent and Dick trace the life cycle of Trichinella spiralis in an infected host.

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