Emerging pathogenic links between microbiota and the gut –lung axis

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 55 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2016.142 Authors: Kurtis F. Budden, Shaan L. Gellatly, David L. A. Wood, Matthew A. Cooper, Mark Morrison, Philip Hugenholtz & Philip M. Hansbro The microbiota is vital for the development of the immune system and homeostasis. Changes in microbial composition and function, termed dysbiosis, in the respiratory tract and the gut have recently been linked to alterations in immune responses and to disease development in the lungs. In
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