Do diverticula provide a unique niche for microbiota which can lead to activation of the innate immune system?

Robin C Spiller¹, Tim J Sloan^{2

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Affiliations

¹ NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
² School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
³ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.

Comment

Robin C Spiller et al. Gut. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;66(7):1175-1176.

doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-312928. Epub 2016 Dec 14.

Robin C Spiller¹, Tim J Sloan^{2

3}

¹ NIHR Biomedical Research Unit in Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases, Nottingham Digestive Diseases Centre, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
² School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.
³ Department of Clinical Microbiology, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Nottingham, UK.

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Keywords: DIVERTICULAR DISEASE; INFLAMMATORY MECHANISMS; INTESTINAL MICROBIOLOGY.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: RCS has acted on Advisory Boards for Allergan, Commonwealth Diagnostics and Ipsen, and received speaker's fees from Menarini.

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