| Description |
xvi, 149 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Series |
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 635 |
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Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 635
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| Contents |
1. Overview of gut immunology / Katie Lynn Mason ... [et al.] -- 2. The commensal microbiology of the gastrointestinal tract / Janet M. Manson, Marcus Rauch and Michael S. Gilmore -- 3. Overview of the gastrointestinal microbiota / -- Vincent B. Young and Thomas M. Schmidt -- 4. Effects of microbiota on GI health : gnotobiotic research / Robert Doug Wagner -- 5. Positive interactions with the microbiota : probiotics / Marko Kalliomäki, Seppo Salminen and Erika Isolauri -- 6. Negative interactions with the microbiota : IBD / Nita H. Salzman and Charles L. Bevins -- 7. Diet, immunity and functional foods / Lesley Hoyles and Jelena Vulevic -- 8. Host-microbe communication within the GI tract / Christopher A. Allen and Alfredo G. Torres -- 9. Host-microbe symbiosis : the squid-vibrio association : a naturally occurring, experimental model of animal/bacterial partnerships / Margaret McFall-Ngai -- 10. The "microflora hypothesis" of allergic disease / Andrew Shreiner, Gary B. Huffnagle and Mairi C. Noverr -- 11. The damage-response framework of microbial pathogenesis and infectious diseases / Liise-anne Pirofski and Arturo Casadevall |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Gastrointestinal system -- Microbiology.
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Gastrointestinal system -- Immunology.
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Gastrointestinal Tract -- physiology.
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Bacterial Physiological Phenomena.
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Gastrointestinal Tract -- microbiology.
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| Author |
Huffnagle, Gary B.
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Noverr, Mairi C. (Mairi Catherine)
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| LC no. |
2008023383 |
| ISBN |
9780387799896 |
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0387799893 |
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9780387095493 |
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0387095497 |
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