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Gut flora enhance bacterial clearance in lung through toll-like receptors 4

BACKGROUND: The influence of the gut flora on lung inflammatory reaction against bacterial challenge remains undefined. This study was designed to investigate whether gut flora enhances lung defense against E.coli pneumonia through TLR4 signaling. METHODS: C3H/HeN (WT) mice and C3H/HeJ (TLR4 deficie...

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Autores principales: Tsay, Tzyy-Bin, Yang, Ming-Chieh, Chen, Pei-Hsuan, Hsu, Ching-Mei, Chen, Lee-Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21906393
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1423-0127-18-68