Food for Gut: Microbiota Fuels Immune Reconstitution after BMT

Tiffany R Simms-Waldrip; Andrew Y Koh

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2018.03.015

Food for Gut: Microbiota Fuels Immune Reconstitution after BMT

Cell Host Microbe. 2018 Apr 11;23(4):423-424. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.03.015.

Authors

Tiffany R Simms-Waldrip¹, Andrew Y Koh²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29649435
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.03.015

Abstract

The host factors that modulate hematopoietic reconstitution after bone marrow transplantation are poorly understood. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Staffas et al. (2018) demonstrate that gut microbiota play a critical role in immune reconstitution after bone marrow transplantation, partly through dietary energy harvest and uptake.

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MeSH terms

Bone Marrow Transplantation*
Humans
Immune Reconstitution*
Microbiota