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TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES
Volume 42, Issue 11, Pages 887-898Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE LONDON
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2017.08.005
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- NIAID NIH HHS [T32 AI070084] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [R01 GM103593] Funding Source: Medline
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The intestine is a highly complex ecosystem where many bacterial species interact with each other and host cells to influence animal physiology and susceptibility to pathogens. Genomic methods have provided a broad framework for understanding how alterations in microbial communities are associated with host physiology and infection, but the biochemical mechanisms of specific intestinal bacterial species are only emerging. In this review, we focus on recent studies that have characterized the biochemical mechanisms by which intestinal bacteria interact with other bacteria and host pathways to restrict pathogen infection. Understanding the biochemical mechanisms of intestinal microbiota function should provide new opportunities for therapeutic development towards a variety of infectious diseases.
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