Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Pulmonary inflammation promoted by type-2 dendritic cells is a feature of human and murine schistosomiasis

  • E. L. Houlder,
  • A. H. Costain,
  • I. Nambuya,
  • S. L. Brown,
  • J. P. R. Koopman,
  • M. C. C. Langenberg,
  • J. J. Janse,
  • M. A. Hoogerwerf,
  • A. J. L. Ridley,
  • J. E. Forde-Thomas,
  • S. A. P. Colombo,
  • B. M. F. Winkel,
  • A. A. Galdon,
  • K. F. Hoffmann,
  • P. C. Cook,
  • M. Roestenberg,
  • H. Mpairwe,
  • A. S. MacDonald

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37502-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Schistosomiasis, a parasitic helminth infection, causes pulmonary symptoms during acute and chronic infection. Here, Houlder et al characterise the pulmonary immune response and demonstrate the role type 2 dendritic cells play in lung inflammation.