What types of interactions between microbes and the immune system establish and

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What types of interactions between microbes and the immune system establish and maintain health?

a. Intestinal microbes secrete nutrients that keep immune cells alive to fight off pathogens b. Intestinal microbes promote maturation of the immune system so that it maintains an immunological barrier to prevent excess penetration of gut bacteria c. Intestinal microbes kill selected immune cells in the gut, and in doing so, prime immune responses that are important to establishing and maintaining homeostasis

Explanation / Answer

b. Intestinal microbes promote maturation of the immune system so that it maintains an immunological barrier to prevent excess penetration of gut bacteria

references:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4095778/

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