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Nod2: a key regulator linking microbiota to intestinal mucosal immunity.
Journal of molecular medicine (Berlin, Germany) - 1 Jan 2012
Biswas Amlan, Petnicki-Ocwieja Tanja, Kobayashi Koichi S
Abstract excerpt
The human intestine harbors a large number of bacteria that are constantly interacting with the intestinal immune system, eliciting non-pathological basal level immune responses. Increasing evidence points to dysbiosis of microbiota in the intestine as an underlying factor in inflammatory bowel disease susceptibility. Loss-of-function mutations in NOD2 are among the stronger genetic factors linked to ileal...
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