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S-epidermidis Influence on Host Immunity: More Than Skin Deep

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CELL HOST & MICROBE
Volume 17, Issue 2, Pages 143-144

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.01.012

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  1. NIAMS NIH HHS [R01 AR064781] Funding Source: Medline

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The mammalian immune system communicates with skin-resident microbes, and some of these microbes provide benefits to the host. In a recent paper in Nature, Naik et al. (2015) provide evidence that the murine epidermis permits S. epidermidis, a skin-specific bacterium, to shape the immune response.

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