Reciprocal interactions of the intestinal microbiota and immune system

Nature

Volumn 489, Issue 7415, 2012, Pages 231-241

  Maynard, Craig L ^a   Elson, Charles O ^b   Hatton, Robin D ^a   Weaver, Casey T ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGEN;

ADAPTATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EMERGENCE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMBIOSIS; VERTEBRATE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LYMPHOID CELL; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIOME; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS; CESAREAN SECTION; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; METAGENOME; PREGNANCY; T-LYMPHOCYTES; VAGINA;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866167497     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature11551     Document Type: Review

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