Open AccessWinning the Microbial Battle, but Not the War
Author(s) -
Hiutung Chu,
Sarkis K. Mazmanian
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2015.09.050
Subject(s) - biology , battle , computational biology , evolutionary biology , ancient history , history
An effective immune response leads to rapid elimination of infectious agents, with seemingly little long-term impairment to the host. New findings by Morais da Fonseca et al. reveal that acute infections may result in permanent disruption of tissue homeostasis and immune dysfunction, long after clearance of a pathogen.
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