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Composition of Intestinal Microbiota in Immune-Deficient Mice Kept in Three Different Housing Conditions
17 Nov 2014
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BACKGROUND: Abundance of commensals constituting the intestinal microbiota (IM) affects the immune system and predisposes to a variety of diseases, including intestinal infections, cancer, inflammatory and metabolic disorders. Housing conditions determine the IM and can hence influence the immune system. We analyzed how both variables affect the IM of four immune-compromized mouse lines kept under different...
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