Host response: Suppressing gut feelings
Nature Reviews Microbiology 16, 2 (2018).
doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.163
Author: Ashley York
To maintain a healthy symbiotic relationship with gut bacteria, the host immune system must tolerate bacterial molecules. A number of host mechanisms have been reported to mediate this tolerance; however, bacterial mediators of host tolerance are still mostly unknown. Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a potent
Source: Nature Reviews Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Authors: Ashley York Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
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