The influence of the gut microbiome on BCG-induced trained immunity
Abstract Background The bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine protects against tuberculosis and heterologous infections but elicits high inter-individual variation in specific and nonspecific, or trained, immune responses. While the gut microbiome is increasingly recognized as an important modulato...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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Series: | Genome Biology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-021-02482-0 |