Tag: tuft cell

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TWiP 194: Eye had a corneal scraping

April 24, 2021
Tagged as: Acanthamoeba, flavivirus, helminth, IL-4, parasite, parasitism, parasitology, tuft cell, West Nile Virus

TWiP solves the case of the Long Island Man with Unilateral Eye Pain, followed by a discussion of how enteric helminth coinfection enhances host susceptibility to West Nile virus by a tuft cell-IL-4 receptor signaling axis.

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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 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

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.

Tag: tuft cell

TWiP 194: Eye had a corneal scraping

TWiP 168: Kleptoparasitism and the stercoraceous souvenir

TWiP 107: Parasites leave a bad taste in my gut

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