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SUBMITTER: Alessandri G
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6779802 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alessandri Giulia G Ossiprandi Maria Cristina MC MacSharry John J van Sinderen Douwe D Ventura Marco M
Frontiers in immunology 20191001
Since bifidobacteria are among the pioneering colonizers of the human infant gut, their interaction with their host is believed to start soon following birth. Several members of the <i>Bifidobacterium</i> genus are purported to exert various health-promoting effects at local and systemic levels, e.g., limiting pathogen colonization/invasion, influencing gut homeostasis, and influencing the immune system through changes in innate and/or adaptive immune responses. This has promoted extensive resea ...[more]