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Drosophila as a model for intestinal dysbiosis and chronic inflammatory diseases.
Developmental and comparative immunology - 1 Jan 2014
Lee Kyung-Ah, Lee Won-Jae
Abstract excerpt
The association between deregulated intestinal microbial consortia and host diseases has been recognized since the birth of microbiology over a century ago. Intestinal dysbiosis refers to a state where living metazoans harbor harmful intestinal microflora. However, there is still an issue of whether causality arises from the host or the microbe because it is unclear whether deregulation of the gut microbiota...
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