Causal effects of the microbiota on immune-mediated diseases

Science Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 20, 2018, Pages

  Round, June L ^a   Palm, Noah W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOST MICROBE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES COMPOSITION; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 85053167207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24709468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciimmunol.aao1603     Document Type: Review

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