Gut flora enhance bacterial clearance in lung through toll-like receptors 4

Gut flora enhance bacterial clearance in lung through toll-like receptors 4

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The influence of the gut flora on lung inflammatory reaction against bacterial challenge remains undefined. This study was designed to investigate whether gut flora enhances lung defense against <it>E.coli </it>pneumonia...

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Main Authors: Hsu Ching-Mei, Chen Pei-Hsuan, Yang Ming-Chieh, Tsay Tzyy-Bin, Chen Lee-Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Biomedical Science
Subjects:
gut flora
pneumonia
lipopolysaccharide
Toll-like receptors
NF-κB
Online Access:http://www.jbiomedsci.com/content/18/1/68

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