Modulatory influence of segmented filamentous bacteria on transcriptomic response of gnotobiotic mice exposed to tcdd

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2017, Pages

  Stedtfeld, Robert D ^a   Chai, Benli ^b   Crawford, Robert B ^b,c   Stedtfeld, Tiffany M ^a   Williams, Maggie R ^a   Xiangwen, Shao ^a   Kuwahara, Tomomi ^d   Cole, James R ^b   Kaminski, Norbert E ^b,c   Tiedje, James M ^b   Hashsham, Syed A ^a,b  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ^*  (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

B. fragilis; Gnotobiotic mice; Gut dysbiosis; Host microbe response; Regulatory T cells; Segmented filamentous bacteria; TCDD

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; DYSBIOSIS; FEMALE; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW UP; GNOTOBIOTICS; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INTESTINE FLORA; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SANGER SEQUENCING; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

EID: 85028955482     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01708     Document Type: Article

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