Blowing on embers: Commensal microbiota and our immune system

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Spasova, Darina S ^a,b   Surh, Charles D ^b,c,d  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Commensal; Immune system; Microbiota; Regulation; T cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905716750     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2014.00318     Document Type: Review

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