Article
[The intestinal microbiota and inflammatory bowel disease].
Gastroenterologia y hepatologia - 1 Mar 2011
Guarner Francisco
Abstract excerpt
The intestine hosts a complex ecosystem of microbial communities. Experimental data suggests that the microbiota has metabolic functions that contribute to nutrient and energy recovery from non-digestible substrates. Moreover, microbial colonization is essential for the normal development of the immune system and therefore seems to influence homeostasis between environmental antigen load and immune response. In...
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