GI microbiota and regulation of the immune system /
Offers an overview of the knowledge of gastrointestinal immunology and the commensal microbiology of the gut. This book includes chapters dedicated to methodologies used to investigate the microbiota and host: molecular analysis of microbial diversity and gnotobiotic research.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. : Austin, Tex. :
Springer Science+Business Media ; Landes Bioscience,
2008
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| Series: | Advances in experimental medicine and biology ;
v. 635. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Overview of gut immunology / Katie Lynn Mason [and others]
- The commensal microbiology of the gastrointestinal tract / Janet M. Manson, Marcus Rauch and Michael S. Gilmore
- Overview of the gastrointestinal microbiota /
- Vincent B. Young and Thomas M. Schmidt
- Effects of microbiota on GI health : gnotobiotic research / Robert Doug Wagner
- Positive interactions with the microbiota : probiotics / Marko Kalliomäki, Seppo Salminen and Erika Isolauri
- Negative interactions with the microbiota : IBD / Nita H. Salzman and Charles L. Bevins
- Diet, immunity and functional foods / Lesley Hoyles and Jelena Vulevic
- Host-microbe communication within the GI tract / Christopher A. Allen and Alfredo G. Torres
- Host-microbe symbiosis : the squid-vibrio association : a naturally occurring, experimental model of animal/bacterial partnerships / Margaret McFall-Ngai
- The "microflora hypothesis" of allergic disease / Andrew Shreiner, Gary B. Huffnagle and Mairi C. Noverr
- The damage-response framework of microbial pathogenesis and infectious diseases / Liise-anne Pirofski and Arturo Casadevall.
