The Bowel Microbiota and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

The human bowel contains a large and biodiverse bacterial community known as the microbiota or microbiome. It seems likely that the microbiota, fractions of the microbiota, or specific species comprising the microbiota provide the antigenic fuel that drives the chronic immune inflammation of the bow...

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Main Author: Gerald W. Tannock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2010-01-01
Series:International Journal of Inflammation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2010/954051