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Mucosal immunology

Infection induces friendly fire

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Our immune system usually ignores 'friendly' gut bacteria. But when infection with a pathogen damages the intestine's mucosal lining, the resident microbes can invade the body, inducing immune responses directed at themselves.

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Figure 1: Breaching the barrier.

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  1. David Masopust and Vaiva Vezys are in the Department of Microbiology, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.,

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Masopust, D., Vezys, V. Infection induces friendly fire. Nature 490, 41–43 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/490041a

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