Microbiota regulates immune defense against respiratory tract influenza A virus infection
Ichinohe T, Pang IK, Kumamoto Y, Peaper DR, Ho JH, Murray TS, Iwasaki A. Microbiota regulates immune defense against respiratory tract influenza A virus infection. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 5354-5359. PMID: 21402903, PMCID: PMC3069176, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1019378108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza virus infectionVirus infectionDendritic cellsImmune responseCommensal bacteriaRespiratory influenza virus infectionToll-like receptor ligandsVirus-specific CD4CD8 T cellsT cell primingCommensal microbiota compositionProductive immune responseExpression of mRNADistal injectionLymph nodesImmune impairmentIntact microbiotaIL-1βAntibody responseImmune homeostasisRespiratory mucosaAntibiotic treatmentT cellsInflammasome activationCommensal microbiota