Do antibodies select a healthy microbiota?

Nature Reviews Immunology 16, 767 (2016). doi:10.1038/nri.2016.114 Authors: Jason L. Kubinak & June L. Round Disruptions to the microbiota can have pathological consequences, which highlights the need to understand the factors that contribute to its stability. Although decades of research have focused on the importance of IgA during pathogenic infection, much of the IgA that is generated in the gut
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