Microbiota of MR1 deficient mice confer resistance against Clostridium difficile infection.

Microbiota of MR1 deficient mice confer resistance against Clostridium difficile infection.

Clostridium difficile (Cd) infection (CDI) typically occurs after antibiotic usage perturbs the gut microbiota. Mucosa-associated invariant T cells (MAIT) are found in the gut and their development is dependent on Major histocompatibility complex-related protein 1 (MR1) and the host microbiome. Here...

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Main Authors: Ashley D Smith, Elissa D Foss, Irma Zhang, Jessica L Hastie, Nicole P Giordano, Lusine Gasparyan, Lam Phuc VinhNguyen, Alyxandria M Schubert, Deepika Prasad, Hannah L McMichael, Jinchun Sun, Richard D Beger, Vahan Simonyan, Siobhán C Cowley, Paul E Carlson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0223025

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