Article
Effects of fecal microorganisms and their chloroform-resistant variants derived from mice, rats, and humans on immunological and physiological characteristics of the intestines of ex-germfree mice.
Infection and immunity - 1 Dec 1994
Okada Y, Setoyama H, Matsumoto S, Imaoka A, Nanno M, Kawaguchi M, Umesaki Y
Abstract excerpt
In order to elucidate the nature of intestinal flora affecting the immunological and physiological parameters of the intestine, we produced several kinds of ex-germfree mice associated with fecal organisms and their chloroform-resistant variants derived from mice, rats, and humans. The phenotypes of intraepithelial lymphocytes were changed to those in conventional mice, particularly the increased positive...
Topics
- Animals
- Carboxylic Acids
- Cecum
- Chloroform
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Feces
- Female
- Genetic Variation
- Germ-Free Life
- Glycolipids
- Histocompatibility Antigens Class II
