Intestinal commensal bacteria mediate lung mucosal immunity and promote resistance of newborn mice to infection

• DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf9412
• Publication Date: 2017-02-08T19:18:23Z
• Authors: Jerilyn Gray; Katherine Oehrle; George Worthen; Theresa Alenghat; Jeffrey Whitsett; Hitesh Deshmukh
• Keywords: Colonisation resistance; Commensalism; Mucosal Immunity; Innate lymphoid cell

Postnatal colonization by intestinal commensal bacteria directs migration of innate lymphoid cells to the lungs and promotes resistance newborn mice pneumonia.