恒常状态和肠道炎症在肠道
Wendy S Garrett1, Jeffrey I Gordon, Laurie H Glimcher
1Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. wgarrett@hsph.harvard.edu
Cell
|March 23, 2010
概括
维持肠道微生物群和免疫系统之间的健康平衡对于肠道和整体健康至关重要. 失衡可以导致严重的疾病状态.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 胃肠病学 胃肠病学
背景情况:
- 我们的肠道拥有庞大的微生物群落,即微生物群.
- 免疫系统与微生物群的共同进化对于宿主-微生物共生至关重要.
- 失生症或失衡会对宿主健康产生负面影响.
研究的目的:
- 审查调节肠道炎症反应的细胞和分子机制.
- 探索失去肠道平衡的后果.
- 了解由宿主微生物群失衡引起的疾病状态.
主要方法:
- 审查有关肠道免疫和微生物群的现有文献.
- 对参与炎症的细胞和分子通路的分析.
- 检查与dysbiosis相关的疾病发病因子.
主要成果:
- 炎症反应受到严格调节,以保持肠道平衡.
- 主体和微生物群之间的平衡丧失导致肠道和全身疾病.
- 特定的细胞和分子机制是这种平衡的关键.
结论:
- 通过免疫-微生物群相互作用维持肠道平衡对健康至关重要.
- 失生症是各种疾病发展的重要因素.
- 了解这些调节机制提供了治疗潜力.
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