Peripheral education of the immune system by colonic commensal microbiota
Peripheral education of the immune system by colonic commensal microbiota
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Learning to tolerate friendly bacteria
Understanding how the immune system becomes tolerant to foreign antigens from commensal bacteria is a fundamental question, as breakdown of tolerance can result in unwanted responses such as inflammatory bowel disease. It has been suggested that tolerogenic regulatory T (T
reg
) cells are generated in...
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Peripheral education of the immune system by colonic commensal microbiota
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3192908
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3192908
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0028-0836,1476-4687
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1476-4687
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10.1038/nature10434
