Mechanisms Underlying Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pathophysiology of Human Diseases

Only recently have we begun to appreciate the role of microbiome in health and disease. Environmental factors and change of life style including diet significantly shape human microbiome that in turn appears to modify gut barrier function affecting nutrie

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Jun Sun Pradeep K. Dudeja Editors

Mechanisms Underlying Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pathophysiology of Human Diseases

Physiology in Health and Disease

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Jun Sun • Pradeep K. Dudeja Editors

Mechanisms Underlying Host-Microbiome Interactions in Pathophysiology of Human Diseases

Editors Jun Sun Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL, USA

Pradeep K. Dudeja Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago, IL, USA Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Medical Research Service (600/151) Chicago, IL, USA

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