Bacterial MAFF Proteins Protect Against Colitis (IMAGE)

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Bacterial MAFF Proteins Protect Against Colitis

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Ten days after being treated with an intestine-damaging drug, the colons of mice inoculated with wild-type B. theta have largely recovered (top row). But the colons of mice inoculated with a B. theta strain lacking MAFF proteins still show signs of damage and intestinal inflammation (bottom row).

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Nakajima et al., 2018

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