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SUBMITTER: Sanos SL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4217274 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sanos Stephanie L SL Bui Viet L VL Mortha Arthur A Oberle Karin K Heners Charlotte C Johner Caroline C Diefenbach Andreas A
Nature immunology 20081123 1
The mucosal immune system of the intestine is separated from a vast array of microbes by a single layer of epithelial cells. Cues from the commensal microflora are needed to maintain epithelial homeostasis, but the molecular and cellular identities of these cues are unclear. Here we provide evidence that signals from the commensal microflora contribute to the differentiation of a lymphocyte population coexpressing stimulatory natural killer cell receptors and the transcription factor RORgammat t ...[more]