Article
The IL-33-ILC2 pathway protects from amebic colitis
2021-06-15
Abstract excerpt
Entamoeba histolytica is a pathogenic protozoan parasite that causes intestinal colitis, diarrhea, and in some cases, liver abscess. Through transcriptomics analysis, we observed that E. histolytica infection was associated with increased expression of IL-33 mRNA in both the human and murine colon. IL-33, the IL-1 family cytokine, is released after cell injury to alert the immune system of tissue damage during in...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 0d9fa456-9c0c-5775-a9dc-2787da6c0b32
- DOI
- 10.1101/2021.06.14.448450
