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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818428203321

Titolo

GI microbiota and regulation of the immune system / / edited by Gary B. Huffnagle, Mairi C. Noverr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, N.Y., : Springer Science+Business Media

Austin, Tex., : Landes Bioscience, c2008

ISBN

1-282-03794-3

9786612037948

0-387-09550-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (164 p.)

Collana

Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; ; v. 635

Altri autori (Persone)

HuffnagleGary B

NoverrMairi C (Mairi Catherine)

Disciplina

612.3/2

Soggetti

Gastrointestinal system - Microbiology

Gastrointestinal system - Immunology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overview of gut immunology / Katie Lynn Mason ... [et al.] -- 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 Kalliomaki, 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.