The fields of immunology, microbiology, nutrition and metabolism are rapidly converging. Here we expand on a diet-microbiota model as the basis for the greater incidence of asthma and autoimmunity in developed countries.
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Maslowski, K., Mackay, C. Diet, gut microbiota and immune responses. Nat Immunol 12, 5–9 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/ni0111-5
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