TWiM #33: Tuning the immune organ
This Week in Microbiology · American Society for Microbiology
May 16, 20121h 8m
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Show Notes
Vincent, Michael, and Ivo review the requirement for segmented, filamentous bacteria for the induction of a specific type of helper T cell in the gut.
Links for this episode:- Induction of Th17 cells by segmented filamentous bacteria (Cell)
- Segmented filamentous bacteria take the stage (Nature)
- Genome of segmented filamentous bacteria reveals auxotrophy (Cell)
- Segmented filamentous bacteria and diabetes protection (PNAS)
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