Intestinal microbiota, evolution of the immune system and the bad reputation of pro-inflammatory immunity

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 653-659

  Ohnmacht, Caspar ^a,b   Marques, Rute ^a,b   Presley, Laura ^a,b   Sawa, Shinichiro ^a,b   Lochner, Matthias ^c   Eberl, Gérard ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF INFECTION IMMUNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFECTION; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMBIONT; TISSUE INJURY;

ANIMALS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SYMBIOSIS; TH17 CELLS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 79954667332     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01577.x     Document Type: Review

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