AI-2 to the rescue against antibiotic-induced intestinal dysbiosis?

• Autores: Zhongke Sun, Verena Grimm, Christian U. Riedel
• Localización: Trends in microbiology, ISSN 0966-842X, Vol. 23, Nº. 6, 2015, págs. 327-328
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The downside of antibiotic treatment of infectious diseases is a disturbed intestinal microbiota leading to reduced resistance against pathogen colonization. Work by Thompson et al. now suggests that antibiotic-induced intestinal dysbiosis can partially be counterbalanced by artificially increasing the levels of autoinducer-2 (AI-2), a well-known bacterial communication molecule.