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Nelson Ong'ondo Gekara

joined in Apr 5, 2023

Professor of Molecular Immunology at Stockholm University.

Gekara has 1 break published.

Gut microbiota drive anti-viral immunity

The bodies of multicellular organisms, including humans, are covered with commensal microbes, also called the microbiota. The majority of these are bacteria located in the gastrointestinal tract. The gut microbiota maintain many physiological functions including the development and maturation of the immune system. The microbiota... click to read more

Saskia Friederike Erttmann | Assistant Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology at Umeå University

Nelson Ong'ondo Gekara | Professor of Molecular Immunology at Stockholm University

Sun Nyunt Wai | Professor of Medical Microbial Pathogenesis at Umeå University

gut microbiota

bacterial membrane vesicles

systemic communication

anti-viral immunity

DNA sensor

Reading time 3.5 min

published on Apr 5, 2023