Franziska Hartung

Dec 6, 2024 | science.org | Sina Bohnacker |Paul Baker |Huimeng Wang |Franziska Hartung

Editor’s summaryThe murine intestinal helminth parasite Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri (Hpb) is a key tool in understanding how helminths can suppress type 2 immune responses and facilitate chronic infection. Bohnacker et al. examined how uptake of helminthic glutamate dehydrogenase (heGDH) by macrophages suppresses immune responses.