Regulation of lung immunity and host defense by the intestinal microbiota

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Samuelson, Derrick R ^a   Welsh, David A ^a   Shellito, Judd E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysbiosis; Gut Lung Axis; Immunology; Intestinal microbiota; Pulmonary immunology; Pulmonary infections

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR4; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR9; CXCL1 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; INTERLEUKIN 9; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VACCINE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ALLERGY; APOPTOSIS; ASTHMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LACTOBACILLUS; LUNG IMMUNITY; LUNG INFECTION; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 84946837224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01085     Document Type: Review

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