Traffic control at the "gut-GALT crossroads"

Abstract

In mice treated with antibiotics to deplete commensal microbiota, there is a significant overhaul of host cellular disposition and function with CX3CR1+ mononuclear phagocytic cells carrying pathogenic and non-pathogenic administered bacteria to the (messenteric lymph node) MLN, resulting in T cell stimulation and IgA production. © 2013 IBCB, SIBS, CAS. All rights reserved.