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Host‐bacteria interactions in the intestine: homeostasis to chronic inflammation
23 Jul 2009
Abstract excerpt
In the past decade it has become clear that the gut constitutes an important frontier of the body, which not only regulates the selective entry of nutrients while keeping vigilant against pathogens but also is largely responsible for shaping the immune response to educate the organism to recognize self from non-self. The very notion of self has undergone a dramatic change, with the acknowledgment that our...
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