Beneficial effects of Bacteroides fragilis polysaccharides on the immune system

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-34

  Troy, Erin B ^a,b   Kasper, Dennis L ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis; Colitis; Commensal; Germ free; IL 10; Immune development; Polysaccharide; Review; Th1; Th17; Th2

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; MAMMALIA; MUS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 77951238012     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/3603     Document Type: Article

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