SciShow: Poor, Misunderstood Poison Ivy

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Content of the Lesson: It sure seems like some plants really don't want you hiking through their woods, but maybe your immune system is just overreacting. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://eic.rsc.org/magnificent-molecules/urushiol/3007556.article https://insider.si.edu/2014/08/poison-ivy/ https://medcraveonline.com/IJVV/IJVV-02-00023.pdf https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/09/from-leaf-to-itch/ https://vector.childrenshospital.org/2016/12/poison-ivy-psoriasis-eczema-targeting-cd1a/ https://www.globalchange.vt.edu/characterizing-the-poison-ivy-avian-mutualism/ https://pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu/page/poison-ivy-poison-sumac-and-poison-oak-rhus-dermatitis https://www.mdedge.com/clinicianreviews/article/78183/dermatology/truth-about-poison-ivy&sa=D&ust=1568705622509000&usg=AFQjCNEGcg0-jn0ydPa9OJAT74Ik95-YrA https://www.healthline.com/health/poison-ivy-immunity#changing-sensitivity https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/peanut-allergy/symptoms-causes/syc-20376175 https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/poison-ivy/symptoms-causes/syc-20376485 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5570453/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5791155/ https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93564476 https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-just-figured-out-why-poison-ivy-makes-us-itch-so-much https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/07/150701140859.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/08/160823103242.htm https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/no-ill-nature-the-surprising-history-and-science-of-poison-ivy-and-its-relatives https://www.wemjournal.org/article/S1080-6032(06)70299-X/fulltext https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.immunol.22.012703.104608 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4614-6111-1_10 https://www.nature.com/articles/ni.3557 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5791155/ https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11882-017-0752-8 https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b38d/43a9bd5124a28c6af30be0b40a0f0dfd4340.pdf https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0888754306002977 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s002510050094 https://www.jimmunol.org/content/162/11/6562 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/239854087_Towards_the_use_of_CD1_presented_mycobacterial_lipids_in_vaccines ------- Images: https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/poison-oak-vine-growing-on-a-tree-trunk-gm1152057682-312423556 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/macro-of-grouped-leaves-on-poison-ivy-gm1159592737-317128071 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toxicodendron_vernix.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/bed-of-poison-ivy-gm172300688-4050606 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Urushiol.svg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/poison-ivy-gm1140817740-305413214 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/white-hamster-washing-after-meal-hwuzjgxswj7wgmjsl https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/deer-fawn-in-the-forest-of-the-catskill-mountains-in-new-york-state-usa-gm1183449197-332756379 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/poison-oak-gm180757907-24683394 https://www.videoblocks.com/video/human-t-cell-animation-hf03cya0xjp2slfk4 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Toxicodendron_radicans,_leaves.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/poison-ivy-gm92323871-346520 https://www.istockphoto.com/vector/poison-ivy-vector-illustration-educational-dangerous-urushoil-plant-scheme-gm1170652744-324017410 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Poison_sumac_June2013.jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/poison-oak-gm91769661-9218070 https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/poison-ivy-gm471271885-14160784


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