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Symbiotic and antibiotic interactions between gut commensal microbiota and host immune system

by
Mantas Kazimieras Malys
1,*,
Laura Campbell
2 and
Naglis Malys
2,*
1
St Catherine's College, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3UJ, UK
2
School of Life Sciences, Gibbet Hill Campus, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2015, 51(2), 69-75; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2015.03.001
Published: 24 March 2015
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Abstract

The human gut commensal microbiota forms a complex population of microorganisms that survive by maintaining a symbiotic relationship with the host. Amongst the metabolic benefits it brings, formation of adaptive immune system and maintenance of its homeo- stasis are functions that play an important role. This review discusses the integral elements of commensal microbiota that stimulate responses of different parts of the immune system and lead to health or disease. It aims to establish conditions and factors that contribute to gut commensal microbiota's transformation from symbiotic to antibiotic relationship with human. We suggest that the host-microbiota relationship has been evolved to benefit both parties and any changes that may lead to disease, are not due to unfriendly properties of the gut microbiota but due to host genetics or environmental changes such as diet or infection.
Keywords: Immune system; Commensal microbiota; T-cells; B-cells; Dysbiosis Immune system; Commensal microbiota; T-cells; B-cells; Dysbiosis

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Kazimieras Malys, M.; Campbell, L.; Malys, N. Symbiotic and antibiotic interactions between gut commensal microbiota and host immune system. Medicina 2015, 51, 69-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2015.03.001

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Kazimieras Malys M, Campbell L, Malys N. Symbiotic and antibiotic interactions between gut commensal microbiota and host immune system. Medicina. 2015; 51(2):69-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2015.03.001

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Kazimieras Malys, Mantas, Laura Campbell, and Naglis Malys. 2015. "Symbiotic and antibiotic interactions between gut commensal microbiota and host immune system" Medicina 51, no. 2: 69-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2015.03.001

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Kazimieras Malys, M., Campbell, L., & Malys, N. (2015). Symbiotic and antibiotic interactions between gut commensal microbiota and host immune system. Medicina, 51(2), 69-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.medici.2015.03.001

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