Adhesive Bacteria in the Terminal Ileum of Children Correlates With Increasing Th17 Cell Activation

• Main Authors: Bo Chen (Author), Diya Ye (Author), Lingling Luo (Author), Weirong Liu (Author), Kerong Peng (Author), Xiaoli Shu (Author), Weizhong Gu (Author), Xiaojun Wang (Author), Charlie Xiang (Author), Mizu Jiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Humans and symbiotic bacteria are interdependent and co-evolved for millions of years. These bacteria communicate with human hosts in the gut in a contact-independent metabolite. Because most intestinal bacteria are non-adhesive, they do not penetrate the mucus layer and are not directly in contact...