GI microbiota and regulation of the immune system
By: edited by Gary B. Huffnagle, Mairi Noverr.
Contributors: Huffnagle, Gary B.; Noverr, Mairi.
Series: Advances in experimental medicine and biology -- v. 635
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media; Landes Bioscience
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York; Austin, Tex
Language: eng
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780387799896
Subjects: Gastrointestinal system -- Microbiology; Gastrointestinal system -- Immunology; Gastrointestinal Tract -- physiology; Bacterial Physiology; Gastrointestinal Tract -- microbiology
Description: The idea that the microbial communities within the GI tract have a profound influence on general human health actually originated with Russian scientist Elie Metchnikov at the turn of the last century. These writings prompted Japanese scientist Minoru Shirota to begin investigation of how fermentative bacteria improve health. He succeeded in isolating a strain of Lactobacillus that could survive passage through the intestine, while promoting a healthy balance of microbes. The "Shirota strain" is still used today in the fermented beverage Yakult. This book opens with two general reference chapters, which provide an overview of current knowledge of gastrointestinal immunology and the commensal microbiology of the gut. Next are two chapters dedicated to current methodologies used to investigate the microbiota and host: molecular analysis of microbial diversity and gnotobiotic research. Both positive and negative interactions between the microbiota and the immune system can take.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview of gut immunology / Katie Lynn Mason ... [et al.]; title: The commensal microbiology of the gastrointestinal tract / Janet M. Manson, Marcus Rauch and Michael S. Gilmore; title: Overview of the gastrointestinal microbiota /; title: Vincent B. Young and Thomas M. Schmidt; title: Effects of microbiota on GI health :; title: Gnotobiotic research / Robert Doug Wagner; title: Positive interactions with the microbiota : probiotics / Marko Kalliomøki, Seppo Salminen and Erika Isolauri; title: Negative interactions with the microbiota : IBD / Nita H. Salzman and Charles L. Bevins; title: Diet, immunity, and functional foods / Lesley Hoyles and Jelena Vulevic; title: Host : microbe communication within the GI tract / Christopher A. Allen and Alfredo G. Torres; title: Host : microbe symbiosis : the squid, vibrio association : a naturally occurring, experimental model of animal/bacterial partnerships / Margaret McFall-Ngai; title: The "microflora hypothesis" of allergic disease / Andrew Shreiner, Gary B. Huffnagle and Mairi C. Noverr; title: The damage : response framework of microbial pathogenesis and infectious diseases / Liise-anne Pirofski and Arturo Casadevall.