Diet, gut microbiota and immune responses

Kendle M Maslowski; Charles R Mackay

doi:10.1038/ni0111-5

Diet, gut microbiota and immune responses

Nat Immunol. 2011 Jan;12(1):5-9. doi: 10.1038/ni0111-5.

Authors

Kendle M Maslowski¹, Charles R Mackay

Affiliation

¹ Garvan Institute of Medical Research, and the Cooperative Research Centre for Asthma and Airways, Sydney, Australia.

PMID: 21169997
DOI: 10.1038/ni0111-5

Abstract

The fields of immunology, microbiology, nutrition and metabolism are rapidly converging. Here we expand on a diet-microbiota model as the basis for the greater incidence of asthma and autoimmunity in developed countries.

MeSH terms

Animals
Clinical Trials as Topic
Diet*
Gastrointestinal Tract / immunology*
Gastrointestinal Tract / microbiology*
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Humans
Immunity, Mucosal / genetics
Immunomodulation
Inflammation
Lipid Metabolism / immunology*
Metagenome / immunology*
Mice
Models, Immunological
Signal Transduction / genetics
Signal Transduction / immunology