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Sensing the gut microbiota

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Paola Ricciardi-Castagnoli describes how her groups’ focus on mucosal immunity led to the discovery of how dendritic cells sense the gut microbiota to maintain homeostasis.

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Ricciardi-Castagnoli, P. Sensing the gut microbiota. Nat Immunol 21, 704–705 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-020-0645-1

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