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REVIEW article

Front. Immunol.
Sec. Microbial Immunology
Volume 15 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1429436

Microbiota activation and regulation of adaptive immunity

Provisionally accepted
mozhdeh heidari mozhdeh heidari 1Saman Maleki Vareki Saman Maleki Vareki 2Ramin Yaghobi Ramin Yaghobi 1Mohammad Hossein Karimi Mohammad Hossein Karimi 1*
  • 1 Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
  • 2 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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    In the mucosa, T cells and B cells of the immune system are essential for maintaining immune homeostasis by suppressing reactions to harmless antigens and upholding the integrity of intestinal mucosal barrier functions. Host immunity and homeostasis are regulated by metabolites produced by the gut microbiota, which has developed through the long-term coevolution of the host and the gut biome. This is achieved by the immunological system's tolerance for symbiote microbiota, and its ability to generate a proinflammatory response against invasive organisms. The imbalance of the intestinal immune system with commensal organisms is causing a disturbance in the homeostasis of the gut microbiome. The lack of balance results in microbiota dysbiosis, the weakened integrity of the gut barrier, and the development of inflammatory immune reactions toward symbiotic organisms. Researchers may uncover potential therapeutic targets for preventing or regulating inflammatory diseases by understanding the interactions between adaptive immunity and the microbiota. This discussion will explore the connection between adaptive immunity and microbiota.

    Keywords: microbiota, Adaptive Immunity, T cells, B cells, regulatory T cells

    Received: 08 May 2024; Accepted: 30 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 heidari, Maleki Vareki, Yaghobi and Karimi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Mohammad Hossein Karimi, Shiraz Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

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