Human nutrition, the gut microbiome and the immune system

Nature

Volumn 474, Issue 7351, 2011, Pages 327-336

  Kau, Andrew L ^a   Ahern, Philip P ^a   Griffin, Nicholas W ^a   Goodman, Andrew L ^a,b   Gordon, Jeffrey I ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL TRADITION; DIET; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION GROWTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BREAST MILK; EATING HABIT; ENTEROPATHY; GNOTOBIOTICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE; MALNUTRITION; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOME; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DIET; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MILK, HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; OBESITY;

EID: 79959201412     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10213     Document Type: Review

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