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Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have identified a fungus in the stomach of NYC mice that exacerbates their food allergies. It’s unclear the effect it has on humans.The fungus, Kazachstania pintolopesii, is found in the stomaches of these mice and shed in their feces. While more research is needed to determine what happens when humans are exposed to it, the study draws a link between it and asthma in humans nearby.
It’s unclear if the fungus is present in the guts of humans, rats or other animals — and if it has the ability to “jump” hosts. “There is a lining of the gastrointestinal tract, which is a mucus layer, so it protects us against pathogens,” Iliev explained.or if antibiotics are taken, the mucus layer is basically shrinking,” he continued. “That leads the fungus to get in very close contact with the epithelium underneath and with the immune cells, and that produces this type 2 immunity response.”
The team plans to learn more about how the fungus elicits the type 2 immune response and if it’s present in the gut microbiome of other animals, like rats.
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