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SUBMITTER: Sarashina-Kida H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5617315 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sarashina-Kida Hana H Negishi Hideo H Nishio Junko J Suda Wataru W Nakajima Yuki Y Yasui-Kato Mika M Iwaisako Keiko K Kang Sujin S Endo Nobuyasu N Yanai Hideyuki H Asagiri Masataka M Kida Hiroshi H Hattori Masahira M Kumanogoh Atsushi A Taniguchi Tadatsugu T
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20170906 38
The commensal microbiota within the gastrointestinal tract is essential in maintaining homeostasis. Indeed, dysregulation in the repertoire of microbiota can result in the development of intestinal immune-inflammatory diseases. Further, this immune regulation by gut microbiota is important systemically, impacting health and disease of organ systems beyond the local environment of the gut. What has not been explored is how distant organs might in turn shape the microbiota via microbe-targeted mol ...[more]