The intestinal immune system has to discriminate between harmful and beneficial antigens.
Although strong protective immunity is essential to prevent invasion by pathogens …

The intestinal microbiota plays a fundamental role in maintaining immune homeostasis. In
controlled clinical trials probiotic bacteria have demonstrated a benefit in treating …

Background & Aims: Dendritic cells (DCs) recognize and respond to microbial structures
using pattern recognition receptors, including Toll-like receptors (TLRs). In the intestine, DCs …

Introduction The commensal intestinal microbiota drive the inflammation associated with
Crohn's disease. However, bacteria such as bifidobacteria and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii …

Background and aims: The intestinal microbiota play a pivotal role in the inflammation
associated with Crohn's disease through their interaction with the mucosal immune system …

Background:“Probiotic” bacteria are effective in treating some inflammatory bowel diseases.
However which bacteria confer benefit and mechanisms of action remain poorly defined …

DCs are specialized APCs that orchestrate innate and adaptive immune responses. The
intestinal mucosa contains numerous DCs, which induce either protective immunity to …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: Dendritic cells (DCs) possess the most potent ability to induce
acquired immunity. However, their involvement in the pathogenesis of Crohn's disease (CD) …

Dendritic cells (DCs) in the pregnant human uterine mucosa have been poorly
characterized, although they are likely to regulate immune responses to both placental …

In this study, we analyzed the phenotypic and physiological consequences of the interaction
of plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) …