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Gut commensals promote antiviral immunity via extracellular vesicles

Nature Reviews Immunology volume 22, page 410 (2022)Cite this article

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The role of the microbiota in providing a competitive barrier to bacterial and fungal infections is well known. However, the microbiota can also affect systemic immunity — and a recent study in Immunity demonstrates how gut commensals can promote systemic antiviral responses.

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  • Erttmann, S. F. et al. The gut microbiota primes systemic antiviral immunity via the cGAS-STING-IFN-I axis. Immunity 55, 1–15 (2022)

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Flemming, A. Gut commensals promote antiviral immunity via extracellular vesicles. Nat Rev Immunol 22, 410 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-022-00743-y

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