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Posted 11/11/2014 3:23 AM (GMT 0)
Noticed this tonight off to the side of another article:
Bacteria and immune cells forge a productive partnership
medicalxpress.com/news/2014-11-bacteria-immune-cells-forge-productive.html#nRlv

Might interest some.

"To prevent infection, the intestinal wall relies on the support of its own 'home-grown' army of commensal bacteria. These gut microbiota collaborate with and are in turn regulated by their host's immune system via a variety of mechanisms. As part of a research team led by Hiroshi Kiyono from the University of Tokyo, Mitsuo Sakamoto, Yoshiyuki Goto and colleagues from the RIKEN BioResource Center have now helped to illuminate one mechanism by which the gut microbiota and immune cells collaborate."

Probably ties into OM's biofilm thread perhaps.
Posted 11/11/2014 3:25 AM (GMT 0)
Protein controlling gut's protective force field identified
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-09-protein-gut-field.html

This was right below it as well...

"Scientists have identified a protein in the human intestine that helps to protect against attack from opportunistic bacteria that strike when our defences are down. The protein receptor is activated during illness, producing a force field on the gut's surface made of a sugary substance that encourages the growth of protective bacteria."
Posted 11/11/2014 3:33 AM (GMT 0)
Very interesting.
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