The Mouth May Act as a Hub for Intestinal Disease-Causing Bacteria (IMAGE)

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The Mouth May Act as a Hub for Intestinal Disease-Causing Bacteria

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Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of in vitro-cultured Klebsiella (Kp-2H7). This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Oct. 20 2017, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by K. Atarashi at Keio University School of Medicine in Tokyo, Japan, and colleagues was titled, "Ectopic colonization of oral bacteria in the intestine drives TH1 cell induction and inflammation."

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Alessia Ranciaro

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