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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Nicholas Arpaia
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-51263 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Arpaia Nicholas N Campbell Clarissa C Fan Xiying X Dikiy Stanislav S van der Veeken Joris J deRoos Paul P Liu Hui H Cross Justin R JR Pfeffer Klaus K Coffer Paul J PJ Rudensky Alexander Y AY
Nature 20131113 7480
Intestinal microbes provide multicellular hosts with nutrients and confer resistance to infection. The delicate balance between pro- and anti-inflammatory mechanisms, essential for gut immune homeostasis, is affected by the composition of the commensal microbial community. Regulatory T cells (Treg cells) expressing transcription factor Foxp3 have a key role in limiting inflammatory responses in the intestine. Although specific members of the commensal microbial community have been found to poten ...[more]