The gut flora as a forgotten organ

EMBO Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 688-693

  O'Hara, Ann M ^a   Shanahan, Fergus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Commensal bacteria; Homeostasis; Intestinal epithelium

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ATOPY; COMMENSALISM; DIARRHEA; ENTERITIS; ENTEROPATHY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE TUMOR; METABOLISM; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE METABOLISM; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; GERM-FREE LIFE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33745594044     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400731     Document Type: Review

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