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SUBMITTER: Goldberg EL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7189564 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Goldberg Emily L EL Molony Ryan D RD Kudo Eriko E Sidorov Sviatoslav S Kong Yong Y Dixit Vishwa Deep VD Iwasaki Akiko A
Science immunology 20191101 41
Influenza A virus (IAV) infection-associated morbidity and mortality are a key global health care concern, necessitating the identification of new therapies capable of reducing the severity of IAV infections. In this study, we show that the consumption of a low-carbohydrate, high-fat ketogenic diet (KD) protects mice from lethal IAV infection and disease. KD feeding resulted in an expansion of γδ T cells in the lung that improved barrier functions, thereby enhancing antiviral resistance. Expansi ...[more]