In remembrance of commensal intestinal microbes
Mammals contain an enormous load of commensal microbes in the lower intestine, which induce adaptive responses in the host immune system that ensure mutual coexistence of the host and its microbial passengers. The main way of studying how the host responds to commensal colonization has been to compa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
2010-11-01
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| Series: | Communicative & Integrative Biology |
| Online Access: | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.4161/cib.3.6.13011 |