Commentary: Uterine Microbiota: Residents, Tourists, or Invaders?

Signe Altmäe^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
² Competence Centre on Health Technologies, Tartu, Estonia.

Comment

Signe Altmäe. Front Immunol. 2018.

. 2018 Aug 24:9:1874.

doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01874. eCollection 2018.

Signe Altmäe^{1

2}

¹ Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain.
² Competence Centre on Health Technologies, Tartu, Estonia.

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Keywords: endometrium; menstrual cycle; microbiome; microbiota; seminovaginal microbiota; uterus.

Comment on

Uterine Microbiota: Residents, Tourists, or Invaders?
Baker JM, Chase DM, Herbst-Kralovetz MM. Baker JM, et al. Front Immunol. 2018 Mar 2;9:208. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.00208. eCollection 2018. Front Immunol. 2018. PMID: 29552006 Free PMC article. Review.

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