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. 2012 Jul 27;37(1):10-2.
doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2012.07.001.

Maintaining poise: commensal microbiota calibrate interferon responses

Jeremy P McAleer  1 , Jay K Kolls
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Maintaining poise: commensal microbiota calibrate interferon responses

Jeremy P McAleer et al. Immunity. .
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Abstract

The mechanisms of how commensal bacteria impact systemic immunity are unclear. In this issue of Immunity, Abt et al. (2012) and Ganal et al. (2012) demonstrate that microbiota poise macrophages for induction of the type I interferon pathway after virus infection.

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