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Acceptive Immunity: The Role of Fucosylated Glycans in Human Host-Microbiome Interactions
Svetlana Kononova1,2, Ekaterina Litvinova3,4, Timur Vakhitov1
1Department of Microbiology, State Research Institute of Highly Pure Biopreparations, 197110 St. Petersburg, Russia.
Abstract:
The growth in the number of chronic non-communicable diseases in the second half of the past century and in the first two decades of the new century is largely due to the disruption of the relationship between the human body and its symbiotic microbiota, and not pathogens. The interaction of the human immune system with symbionts is not accompanied by inflammation, but is a physiological norm. This is achieved via microbiota control by the immune system through a complex balance of pro-inflammatory and suppressive responses, and only a disturbance of this balance can trigger pathophysiological mechanisms. This review discusses the establishment of homeostatic relationships during immune system development and intestinal bacterial colonization through the interaction of milk glycans, mucins, and secretory immunoglobulins. In particular, the role of fucose and fucosylated glycans in the mechanism of interactions between host epithelial and immune cells is discussed.
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