Submitted by OryuSatellite t3_11uhvmh in askscience
Apollo506 t1_jcru064 wrote
Here is a helpful paper: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744952/
Currently on mobile so I'm going to do a really poor job of summarizing it, but essentially:
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Mucus membranes help to keep parasites from attaching.
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Innate immunity - Macrophages gobble up larvae. Circulating granulocytes (cells that carry toxic granules, think of them as bombers) and pro-inflammatory cytokine molecules make life generally unpleasant.
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Adaptive Immunity - The big player is a class of antibody called IgE that is meant to be anti-parasite. Coordination between Helper T's, Killer T's l, IgA/IgE, etc. results in a cascade of events including: increased mucus production, attracting more granulocytes for carpet bombing, flagging parasitic cells for death (i.e. by Killer T's), reinvigorates macrophages to fight harder, etc.
Again this is a really rough summary, if you want to dive deeper I suggest checking out the paper and some of its sources! Hope this helps.
OryuSatellite OP t1_jcstesv wrote
Thank you, that's great! Checking out the paper now.
ETA wow that is the exact perfect paper, thanks again!
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