Faecalibacterium prausnitzii inhibits interleukin-17 to ameliorate colorectal colitis in rats.

It has been shown that Faecalibacterium prausnitzii (F. prausnitzii), one of the dominant intestinal bacterial flora, may protect colonic mucosa against the development of inflammation and subsequent inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), with the underlying mechanisms being unclear.The impacts of F. pra...

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Main Authors: Mingming Zhang, Xinyun Qiu, Hao Zhang, Xiaotong Yang, Na Hong, Yonghua Yang, Hui Chen, Chenggong Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4183556?pdf=render