Key player in childhood food allergies identified: Thetis cells

A decade ago, a clinical trial in the U.K. famously showed that children who were exposed to peanuts in the early months of life had reduced risk of developing a peanut allergy compared with children who avoided peanuts.

Now, researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have a likely answer as to why that’s the case: Thetis cells.

This recently discovered class of immune cells, which were first described by MSK researchers in 2022, plays an essential and previously unknown…

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