The germfree murine animal: An important animal model for research on the relationship between gut microbiota and the host

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Yi, Ping ^a   Li, LanJuan ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Germfree mice; Germfree rat; History; Immunity; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INTERLEUKIN 10; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HOST; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; REVIEW; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GERM-FREE LIFE; METAGENOME; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; MURINAE; MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 84859704022     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.10.024     Document Type: Review

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