GI Microbiota and Regulation of the Immune System

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Huffnagle, Gary B. (Editor), Noverr, Mairi C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 635
• Subjects: Medicine.; Immunology.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.

Table of Contents:

• Overview of Gut Immunology
• The Commensal Microbiology of the Gastrointestinal Tract
• Overview of the Gastrointestinal Microbiota
• Effects of Microbiota on GI Health: Gnotobiotic Research
• Positive Interactions with the Microbiota: Probiotics
• Negative Interactions with the Microbiota: IBD
• Diet, Immunity and Functional Foods
• Host-Microbe Communication within the GI Tract
• Host-Microbe Symbiosis: The Squid-Vibrio Association—A Naturally Occurring, Experimental Model of Animal/Bacterial Partnerships
• The “Microflora Hypothesis” of Allergic Disease
• The Damage-Response Framework of Microbial Pathogenesis and Infectious Diseases.