Microbial memories

Andrea C Wong; Maayan Levy

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2021.01.009

Microbial memories

Immunity. 2021 Feb 9;54(2):201-204. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.01.009.

Authors

Andrea C Wong¹, Maayan Levy²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
² Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: maayanle@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

PMID: 33567260
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2021.01.009

Abstract

The microbiota impedes pathogen invasion of the intestinal ecosystem, a phenomenon termed colonization resistance. In an upcoming issue of Cell, Stacy et al. describe host-initiated metabolite pathways that functionally alter the microbiota after primary infection, thereby augmenting colonization resistance to subsequent infection.

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MeSH terms

Intestines*
Microbiota*