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SUBMITTER: Yang X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7378637 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Yang Xinyu X Lu Di D Zhuo Jianyong J Lin Zuyuan Z Yang Modan M Xu Xiao X
International journal of biological sciences 20200623 13
The gut microbiota consists of a dynamic multispecies community of bacteria, fungi, archaea, and protozoans, playing a fundamental role in the induction, training, and function of the host immune system. The liver is anatomically and physiologically linked to the gut microbiota via enterohepatic circulation, specifically receiving intestine-derived blood through the portal vein. The gut microbiota is crucial for maintaining immune homeostasis of the gut-liver axis. A shift in gut microbiota comp ...[more]