Alcohol as friend or foe in autoimmune diseases: a role for gut microbiome?

Alcohol is well known for promoting systemic inflammation and aggravating multiple chronic health conditions. Thus, alcohol may also be expected to serve as a risk factor in autoimmune diseases. However, emerging data from human and animal studies suggest that alcohol may in fact be protective in au...

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Main Authors: Blaine Caslin, Kailey Mohler, Shreya Thiagarajan, Esther Melamed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-01-01
Series:Gut Microbes
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2021.1916278