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Tiffany R Simms-Waldrip1, Andrew Y Koh2
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
Abstract:
The host factors that modulate hematopoietic reconstitution after bone marrow transplantation are poorly understood. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Staffas et al. (2018) demonstrate that gut microbiota play a critical role in immune reconstitution after bone marrow transplantation, partly through dietary energy harvest and uptake.
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