The parasitic worm product ES-62 normalises the gut microbiota bone marrow axis in inflammatory arthritis

oleh: James Doonan, Anuradha Tarafdar, Miguel A. Pineda, Felicity E. Lumb, Jenny Crowe, Aneesah M. Khan, Paul A. Hoskisson, Margaret M. Harnett, William Harnett

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-04-01

Deskripsi

Gastrointestinal infection with parasitic helminths can protect against mucosal diseases via impacting on the microbiome. Here the authors show that ES-62, a product secreted by a tissue-resident helminth modulates the host gut microbiome to protect against inflammatory arthritis in a mouse model.