Successful transplantation of guinea pig gut microbiota in mice and its effect on pneumonic plague sensitivity

Microbiota-driven variations in the inflammatory response are predicted to regulate host responses to infection. Increasing evidence indicates that the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts have an intimate relationship with each other. Gut microbiota can influence lung immunity whereby gut-derive...

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Main Authors: Xiang Li, Zhengchao Li, Yuxiao Chang, Fengyi Hou, Zongyu Huang, Han Ni, Ruifu Yang, Yujing Bi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2018-09-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/5637.pdf