Abstract
Maintaining homoeostatic host-microbe interactions is vital for host immune function. The gut microbiota shapes the host immune system and the immune system reciprocally shapes and modifies the gut microbiota. However, our understanding of how these microbes are tolerated and how individual, or communities of, gut microbes influence host function is limited. This review will focus on metabolites as key mediators of this complex host-microbe relationship. It will look at the central role of epithelial metabolism in shaping the gut microbiota, how microbial metabolites influence the epithelium and the mucosal and peripheral immune system, and how the immune system shapes microbial composition and metabolism. Finally, this review will look at how metabolites are involved in cross-talk between different members of the microbiota and their role during infections.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 193-204 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | Clinical and Experimental Immunology |
| Volume | 197 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 20 May 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:K. M. M. is a Birmingham Fellow and is supported by the Wellcome Trust [214087/Z/18/Z] and Cancer Research UK [C61638/A27112].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors. Clinical & Experimental Immunology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Society for Immunology
Keywords
- autoimmunity
- dysbiosis
- host-pathogen interactions
- infection
- inflammation
- physiological hypoxia
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Immunology and Allergy
- Immunology