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SUBMITTER: Benjamin JL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3755484 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Benjamin Jamaal L JL Sumpter Rhea R Levine Beth B Hooper Lora V LV
Cell host & microbe 20130601 6
The mammalian intestine is colonized with a diverse community of bacteria that perform many beneficial functions but can threaten host health upon tissue invasion. Epithelial cell-intrinsic innate immune responses are essential to limit the invasion of both commensal and pathogenic bacteria and maintain beneficial host-bacterial relationships; however, little is known about the role of various cellular processes, notably autophagy, in controlling bacterial interactions with the intestinal epithe ...[more]