No vacancy: how beneficial microbes cooperate with immunity to provide colonization resistance to pathogens
Sassone-Corsi M, Raffatellu M · The Journal of Immunology 2015
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Key finding
Resident bacteria and the immune system work together to keep invaders from establishing.
In plain language
Explains colonisation resistance: an established community physically and chemically holds the space, and the immune system participates in that.
How much weight this carries
Repeatedly demonstrated, with agreement across independent groups.
Cite or read it
Sassone-Corsi M, Raffatellu M (2015). No vacancy: how beneficial microbes cooperate with immunity to provide colonization resistance to pathogens. The Journal of Immunology. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.1403169