The role of intestinal microbiota in the development and severity of chemotherapy-induced mucositis

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1-7

  van Vliet, Michel J ^a   Harmsen, Hermie J M ^b   de Bont, Eveline S J M ^a   Tissing, Wim J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BUTYRIC ACID; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; CATHELICIDIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; LECTIN; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 3; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN PROTEIN; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COMMENSALISM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BACTEREMIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMALS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; HUMANS; INTESTINES; METAGENOME; MUCOSITIS; NEOPLASMS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77954076632     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000879     Document Type: Review

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