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. 2017 Apr 12;21(4):417-418.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.03.013.

Breaking Down Walls: Microbiota and the Aging Gut

Erin S Keebaugh  1 , William W Ja  2
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Breaking Down Walls: Microbiota and the Aging Gut

Erin S Keebaugh et al. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Abstract

A range of animal species show increased inflammation with age. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Thevaranjan et al. (2017) reveal that heightened inflammation is associated with deregulation of homeostatic interactions between intestinal microbes and the aging host.

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