| Literature DB >> 25900476 |
Zhongke Sun1, Verena Grimm2, Christian U Riedel3.
Abstract
The downside of antibiotic treatment of infectious diseases is a disturbed intestinal microbiota leading to reduced resistance against pathogen colonization. Work by Thompson et al. now suggests that antibiotic-induced intestinal dysbiosis can partially be counterbalanced by artificially increasing the levels of autoinducer-2 (AI-2), a well-known bacterial communication molecule.Entities:
Keywords: antibiotics; autoinducer-2; dysbiosis; microbiota
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Year: 2015 PMID: 25900476 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.04.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trends Microbiol ISSN: 0966-842X Impact factor: 17.079