Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Michael Schmidt, and Ivalyo Ivanov
Vincent, Michael, and Ivo review the requirement for segmented, filamentous bacteria for the induction of a specific type of helper T cell in the gut.
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Links for this episode:
- Induction of Th17 cells by segmented filamentous bacteria (Cell)
- Segmented filamentous bacteria take the stage (Nature)
- Genome of segmented filamentous bacteria reveals auxotrophy (Cell)
- Segmented filamentous bacteria and diabetes protection (PNAS)
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