Microbiota's No Wasting Policy.

Soares, Miguel P · Cell · 2015

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Schieber et al. demonstrate that a specific gut microbiota bacterial strain induces a host-mediated protection mechanism against inflammation-driven wasting syndrome. This salutary effect confers a net survival advantage against bacterial infection, without interfering with the host's pathogen load, revealing that host-microbiota interactions regulate disease tolerance to infection.

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