Ep. 89: “Host-Microbiota Interactions” Featuring Dr. Theresa Alenghat

Dr. Theresa Alenghat is a Professor in the Immunobiology Division and the Margaret K. Hostetter Chair at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati. Her lab investigates mechanisms underlying the host-microbiota relationship, and how this regulation affects intestinal immunity and inflammatory bowel disease.  She discusses how butyrate affects tuft cells in the intestine.