The Value of a Comparative Approach to Understand the Complex Interplay between Microbiota and Host Immunity
The eukaryote immune system evolved and continues to evolve within a microbial world, and as such is critically shaped by—and in some cases even reliant upon—the presence of host-associated microbial species. There are clear examples of adaptations that allow the host to simultaneously tolerate and/...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-09-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01114/full |