Chronic Trichuris muris infection decreases diversity of the intestinal microbiota and concomitantly increases the abundance of lactobacilli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Holm, Jacob Bak ^a   Sorobetea, Daniel ^b   Kiilerich, Pia ^a   Ramayo Caldas, Yuliaxis ^c   Estellé, Jordi ^c   Ma, Tao ^a   Madsen, Lise ^a,d   Kristiansen, Karsten ^a   Svensson Frej, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UMR1313 GÉNÉTIQUE ANIMALE ET BIOLOGIE INTÉGRATIVE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TRICHURIS MURIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIODIVERSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; TIME FACTOR; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; MURINAE; TRICHURIS MURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; TIME FACTORS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS;

EID: 84929121378     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125495     Document Type: Article

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