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SUBMITTER: Nieuwenhuis EE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2673876 | biostudies-other | 2009 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Nieuwenhuis Edward E S EE Matsumoto Tetsuya T Lindenbergh Dicky D Willemsen Rob R Kaser Arthur A Simons-Oosterhuis Ytje Y Brugman Sylvia S Yamaguchi Keizo K Ishikawa Hiroki H Aiba Yuji Y Koga Yasuhiro Y Samsom Janneke N JN Oshima Kenshiro K Kikuchi Mami M Escher Johanna C JC Hattori Masahira M Onderdonk Andrew B AB Blumberg Richard S RS
The Journal of clinical investigation 20090406 5
The accumulation of certain species of bacteria in the intestine is involved in both tissue homeostasis and immune-mediated pathologies. The host mechanisms involved in controlling intestinal colonization with commensal bacteria are poorly understood. We observed that under specific pathogen-free or germ-free conditions, intragastric administration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, E. coli, Staphylococcus aureus, or Lactobacillus gasseri resulted in increased colonization of the small intestine and bac ...[more]