Sentences with phrase «guide immune development»
Along with animal studies, these observations suggest that the balance of bacteria and other microbes help guide immune development — and that when the balance is disrupted, disease may follow.
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genes, the team has shown that B. theta helps guide the normal development and functioning of the intestines — including the growth of blood vessels, the proper turnover of epithelial cells, and the marshaling of components of the immune system needed to keep less well behaved bacteria at bay.
Gut bacteria, in particular, guide the early development of our intestines, train our immune systems to fight pathogens and may even affect our moods and behavior.
«Development of noninvasive tests to detect immune activation before kidney damage occurs would help guide the care of kidney transplant recipients,» said NIAID Transplantation Branch Chief Nancy Bridges, M.D., a co-author of the paper.
As such, genomic research is improving our understanding of infectious disease pathogenesis and immune response and may help guide future vaccine development and treatment strategies [11][18].
«They fend off pathogens, train our immune systems and even guide the development of our tissues.»
They fend off pathogens, train our immune systems and even guide the development of our tissues,» he says.