Intestinal inflammation responds to microbial tissue load independent of pathogen/non-pathogen discrimination.

Intestinal inflammation responds to microbial tissue load independent of pathogen/non-pathogen discrimination.

The intestinal immune system mounts inflammatory responses to pathogens but tolerates harmless commensal microbiota. Various mechanisms for pathogen/non-pathogen discrimination have been proposed but their general relevance for inflammation control is unclear. Here, we compared intestinal responses...

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Main Authors: Yvonne Willer, Beatrice Müller, Dirk Bumann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3346762?pdf=render

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