Blowing on Embers: Commensal Microbiota and our Immune System
Vertebrates have co-evolved with microorganisms resulting in a symbiotic relationship, which plays an important role in health and disease. Skin and mucosal surfaces are colonized with a diverse population of commensal microbiota, over one thousand species, outnumbering the host cells by ten-fold....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2014-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2014.00318/full |