CD44 deletion leading to attenuation of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis results from alterations in gut microbiome in mice

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1188-1199

  Chitrala, Kumaraswamy Naidu ^a   Guan, Hongbing ^a,d   Singh, Narendra P ^a   Busbee, Brandon ^a   Gandy, Alexa ^a   Mehrpouya Bahrami, Pegah ^a   Ganewatta, Mitra S ^b   Tang, Chuanbing ^b   Chatterjee, Saurabh ^b   Nagarkatti, Prakash ^a   Nagarkatti, Mitzi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c WJB Dorn VA Medical Center   (United States)

^d STOMATOLOGY HOSPITAL OF GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CD44; EAE; Metagenomics; Microbiota; Short chain fatty acids

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; HERMES ANTIGEN; ISOBUTYRIC ACID; PROPIONIC ACID; RNA 16S; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; CD44 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FIRMICUTES; GENE DELETION; INTESTINE FLORA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMIC IDENTIFICATION; WILD TYPE MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; DYSBIOSIS; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; BACTEROIDETES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DYSBIOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; FECES; FIRMICUTES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENE DELETION; METAGENOMICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROPIONATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 85020190108     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: 15214141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eji.201646792     Document Type: Article

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