How Salmonella infection can inform on mechanisms of immune function and homeostasis

• Main Author: Constantino Lopez-Macias (auth)
• Other Authors: Adam Cunningham (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; host response; Infection; microbiota; Salmonella; Non-typhoidal Salmonellosis; Adaptive Immune system; Typhoid Fever; LeuO; Innate immune system; Vaccines
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The use of model antigens such as haptens and ovalbumin has provided enormous insights into how immune responses develop, particularly to vaccine antigens. Furthermore, these studies are overwhelmingly performed in animals housed in clean facilities and are not known to have experienced overt clinic...