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SUBMITTER: Costalonga M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4637982 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Costalonga M M Cleary P P PP Fischer L A LA Zhao Z Z
Mucosal immunology 20081008 1
Commensal microorganisms colonize the nasal mucosa without inducing inflammation. Pathogens perturbing the commensal flora often invade evading immune defenses. The different types of adaptive responses that drive the distinct behaviors of commensals and pathogens, allowing one to persist at mucosal surfaces and the other to survive within tissues, are not yet clear. In the present work we demonstrate that although crossing epithelial barriers, the commensal Lactobacillus murinus stimulates epit ...[more]