The microbiota in adaptive immune homeostasis and disease

Nature

Volumn 535, Issue 7610, 2016, Pages 75-84

  Honda, Kenya ^a,b,c   Littman, Dan R ^d  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Institute of Physical and Chemical Research   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

ANATOMY; ANTIGEN; BIOTA; CANCER; CELLS AND CELL COMPONENTS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AUTOIMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CELL INTERACTION; DYSBIOSIS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SKIN FLORA; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL; ANIMAL; DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; SKIN;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNITY; B-LYMPHOCYTES; DISEASE; DYSBIOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; NEOPLASMS; SKIN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84978431877     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature18848     Document Type: Review

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