Abstract:Intestinal dysbiosis is being evaluated as an influencing factor in human diseases. Our laboratory works on the general hypothesis that the association is bidirectional and that disease induction affects the composition of the microbiota. Non-obese diabetic (NOD) mice develop spontaneous diabetes unless active experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), a murine model of multiple sclerosis, is induced. It was proposed that the complete Freund’s adjuvant used for active induction of EAE protect against dia… Show more
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