title: Tuft Cells: A New Flavor in Innate Epithelial Immunity.
abstract: How host cells sense intestinal parasitic infection and initiate the appropriate immune response has long been a focus of many immunologists. Three new papers now identify a critical role for tuft cells, an epithelial cell type involved in perception of taste, as key players that kick-start type 2 immunity.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK. Electronic address: richard.grencis@manchester.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Richard K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Grencis
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Lancaster, Lancaster, UK. Electronic address: j.j.worthington@lancaster.ac.uk.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Worthington
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000469:parasitology*; D006801:Humans; D007113:Immunity, Innate / Q000276:immunology*; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology