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Aberrant expansion of segmented filamentous bacteria in IgA-deficient gut.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 17 Feb 2004
Suzuki Keiichiro, Meek Bob, Doi Yasuko, Muramatsu Masamichi, Chiba Tsutomu, Honjo Tasuku, Fagarasan Sidonia
Abstract excerpt
The mechanism to maintain homeostasis of the gut microbiota remains largely unknown despite its critical role in the body defense. In the intestines of mice with deficiency of activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID), the absence of hypermutated IgA is partially compensated for by the presence...
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