Featured Article: Mom’s helminths rewire microbiota to protect offspring
Maternal helminths confer protection against respiratory viruses in offspring. Helminth-induced changes in microbiota increase indole-3-propionic acid, which induces lung IFN-I
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Fernandes et al. show that maternal helminths, long-standing mammalian partners, confer
antiviral immunity to offspring via the microbiota-derived metabolite indole-3-propionic
acid (IPA). This work r...
