The gut microbiota shapes intestinal immune responses during health and disease

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 313-323

  Round, June L ^a   Mazmanian, Sarkis K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR BETA; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CROHN DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SYMBIONT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; HEALTH; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM PROCESSES; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINES;

EID: 67349250428     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri2515     Document Type: Review

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