The protozoan commensal Tritrichomonas musculis is a natural adjuvant for mucosal IgA.
E. Y. Cao, K. Burrows, P. Chiaranunt, A. Popovic, X. Zhou, C. Xie, A. Thakur, G. J. Britton, M. P. Spindler, L. Ngai, S. L. Tai, D. C. Dasoveanu, A. Nguyen, J. J. Faith, J. Parkinson, , A. Mortha
This study shows that the protozoan commensal Tritrichomonas musculis promotes T-cell dependent IgA class-switch recombination and enhances IgA-secreting plasma cell accumulation and dissemination.
bioRxiv · Oct 8, 2022Immunology