Commensal gut flora and brain autoimmunity: A love or hate affair?

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 123, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 639-651

  Berer, Kerstin ^a   Krishnamoorthy, Gurumoorthy ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Commensals; EAE; Gut microbiota; Multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS EXTRACT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS EXTRACT; CD103 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 22; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI EXTRACT; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI EXTRACT; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM EXTRACT; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIET; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEREDITY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LYMPHOCYTE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; METAGENOME;

EID: 84862703353     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-012-0949-9     Document Type: Review

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