Regulation of thymic immune development by intestinal microbes in early life. Researchers discover microbes regulate the development of specialized immune cells in the thymus that play a critical role in mucosal tolerance.
Newborns face unique immunological challenges immediately after birth. As they depart a relatively sterile fetal environment, they are abruptly exposed to a multitude of foreign antigens, the major burden of which is in the form of the microbiota newly colonizing the gastrointestinal tract...
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