Tuft cells : a new flavor in innate epithelial immunity

Grencis, Richard K. and Worthington, John Joseph (2016) Tuft cells : a new flavor in innate epithelial immunity. Trends in Parasitology, 32 (8). pp. 583-585. ISSN 1471-4922

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Abstract

How host cells sense intestinal parasitic infection and initiate the appropriate immune response has long been a focus of many immunologists. Three new papers now identify a critical role for tuft cells, an epithelial cell type involved in perception of taste, as key players that kick-start type 2 immunity.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Trends in Parasitology

Additional Information:

This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Trends in Parasitology. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Trends in Parasitology, 32, 8, 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.04.016

Uncontrolled Keywords:

/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2725

Subjects:

?? infectious diseasesparasitology ??

Departments:

Faculty of Health and Medicine > Biomedical & Life Sciences

ID Code:

79417

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ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

10 May 2016 13:52

Refereed?:

Yes

Published?:

Published

Last Modified:

01 Oct 2024 00:15

URI:

https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/79417