Aspects of the host-microflora interaction and its possible impact on auto-immune disease

The gut ecosystem, constituted by the intestinal bacteria and their human host, is a rather unknown area. Since about 400 different species of bacteria are able to live in the gut, studying this total ecosystem harbors enormous difficulties. Yet such kind of a study is important, because there are experimental data directing towards a possible role of these intestinal bacteria in a systemic autoimmune disease such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). ... Zie: Summary