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
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