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The NLR Protein NLRP6 Does Not Impact Gut Microbiota Composition.
Cell reports - 26 Dec 2017
Lemire Paul, Robertson Susan J, Maughan Heather, Tattoli Ivan, Streutker Catherine J, Platnich Jaye M, Muruve Daniel A, Philpott Dana J, Girardin Stephen E
Abstract excerpt
NLRP6 is a Nod-like receptor expressed in the intestinal epithelium. Previous studies reported a protective role for NLRP6 against intestinal injury and colitis-associated carcinogenesis via the regulation and establishment of a healthy microbiota. However, these results were not obtained using littermate animals, leaving the possibility that the pro-colitogenic microbiota phenotype associated with knockout (KO)...
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