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Commensal and Probiotic Bacteria Influence Intestinal Barrier Function and Susceptibility to Colitis in Nod1−/−;Nod2−/− Mice
11 Dec 2011
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BACKGROUND: The intestinal microbiota regulates key host functions. It is unknown whether modulation of the microbiota can affect a genetically determined host phenotype. Polymorphisms in the Nucleotide oligomerization domain (Nod)-like receptor family confer genetic risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We investigated whether the intestinal microbiota and the probiotic strain Bifidobacterium breve NCC2950...
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