Holy Immune Tolerance, Batman!

Publication date: 19 June 2018
Source:Immunity, Volume 48, Issue 6
Author(s): Haley E. Randolph, Luis B. Barreiro
Bats are reservoir hosts of numerous viruses that cause severe pathology in humans. How bats cope with such pathogens remains elusive. In a recent issue of Cell, Pavlovich et al. (2018) describe several key adaptations in innate immune-related genes that suggest that the Egyptian rousette fruit bat relies on immune tolerance mechanisms to manage viral infections.

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Bats are reservoir hosts of numerous viruses that cause severe pathology in humans. How bats cope with such pathogens remains elusive. In a recent issue of Cell, Pavlovich et al. (2018) describe several key adaptations in innate immune-related genes that suggest that the Egyptian rousette fruit bat relies on immune tolerance mechanisms to manage viral infections.


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