Dec. 19, 2024 — A team has discovered a new communication pathway between the gut and lung. Their findings highlight how a little-known member of the gut microbiome reshapes the lung immune ...
This model demonstrated that the presence of T. mu protozoa was associated with significantly higher levels of certain types of immune cells in the lungs. Some of those lung immune cells were found to ...
Their findings highlight how a little-known member of the gut microbiome reshapes the lung immune environment to have both beneficial and detrimental effects on respiratory health. A team led by ...
By triggering the production and migration of these immune cells from the gut to the lung, T. mu functions as “a conductor in the intestine that orchestrates the immune system to populate other ...