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Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

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Parasitic Infections & Tuft Cells

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Intestinal Tuft Cells as Critical Sentinels in the Gut Epithelium that Promote Type 2 Immunity in Response to Intestinal Parasites / Parasitism
Howitt et al. 2016 Science 351: 1329–1333

Symbiotic protozoa or helminths increase intestinal tuft cell abundance
Howitt et al. 2016 Science 351: 1329–1333

Tuft Cells, Which Are Taste-chemosensory Epithelial Cells, Accumulate during Parasite Colonization and Infection
Howitt et al. 2016 Science 351: 1329–1333

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The enigmatic tuft cell in immunity
Harris 2016 Science 351(6279): 1264-5
The intestinal epithelium tuft cells: specification and function
Gerbe et al. 2012 Cell Mol Life Sci. 69: 2907-2917
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Tuft cells, taste-chemosensory cells, orchestrate parasite type 2 immunity in the gut
Howitt et al. 2016 Science 351: 1329–1333

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