Loss of microbiota alters the profile of cells that protect the intestinal wall (IMAGE)

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Loss of microbiota alters the profile of cells that protect the intestinal wall

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In red, intestinal wall cells producing less mucus (in green) in the large intestine of animals whose microbiota was depleted by antibiotics (right). On the left, the intestinal wall of animals that maintained an intact bacterial population produces more mucus 

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Vinicius Dias Nirello/IB-UNICAMP

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