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Science 25 August 2006:
Vol. 313. no. 5790, pp. 1052 - 1054
DOI: 10.1126/science.1131997
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IMMUNOLOGY:
Unraveling Gut Inflammation

Warren Strober

The barrier between our gut flora and body depends on immune cell action and secreted antibacterial molecules in the gut wall.

The author is in the Laboratory of Host Defenses, National Institutes of Health. Bethesda, MD 20892-1890. USA. Email: wstrober{at}niaid.nih.gov.

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