The gut-lung axis: Protozoa join the party

  • Cell. 2025 Jan 23;188(2):275-277. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.12.027.
Nicola L Harris  1 ,  Benjamin J Marsland  2
Affiliations
  • 1. Department of Immunology, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
  • 2. Department of Immunology, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Electronic address: [email protected].
PMID: 39818211 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.12.027
Abstract

The gut microbiota is a powerful influencer of systemic immunity, with its impact on distal organs like the Lungs garnering increasing attention. In this issue of Cell, Burrows et al. report that a gut protozoan plays a key role in shaping the immunological steady state of the lung.