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Immune and genetic gardening of the intestinal microbiome.
FEBS letters - 17 Nov 2014
Jacobs Jonathan P, Braun Jonathan
Abstract excerpt
The mucosal immune system - consisting of adaptive and innate immune cells as well as the epithelium - is profoundly influenced by its microbial environment. There is now growing evidence that the converse is also true, that the immune system shapes the composition of the intestinal microbiome. During conditions of health, this bidirectional interaction achieves a homeostasis in which inappropriate immune...
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