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1
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What are the majority of the cells in our bodies?

A

Bacteria make up most of our cells, outnumbering our cells 10 to 1

2
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What are some of the beneficial functions of the microbiota?

A
  • Help develop the immune system
  • Provide energy via polysaccharides
  • Provide vitamins
  • Protection from pathogenic bacteria
3
Q

What causes Clostridium difficile Disease?

A

Treatment with antibiotics will kill commensals and allow C. difficile to invade and release toxins

4
Q

What can the microbiota offer protection against?

A

Intestinal inflammation and pathogenic bacteria

5
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What is the Hygiene Hypothesis?

A

Early childhood infections may offer protection from allergies later in life

6
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What is the idea behind the Hygience Hypothesis?

A

Infections cause Th1 responses which will down regulated Th2 responses, of which the IgE allergic reaction is a part of

7
Q

How can the microbiota influence obesity?

A

Transfer of lean fecal matter in mice from obese people led to obese people and from lean people led to lean mice

8
Q

What can change the composition of microbiota?

A
  • Antibiotics
  • Diet
  • Environment
  • Caesarian Delivery
9
Q

What was found regarding commensal bacteria and cancer therapy?

A

Patients on antibiotics had worse outcomes. Antibiotics seemed to interfere with treatment.

10
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How do bacteria protect from intestinal inflammation?

A

They are in a balance of pro/anti-inflammatory factors and dysbiosis can lead to Th1 and Th17 favoritism over Treg.

11
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What increased allergy in children?

A

Children given antibiotics in the first year of life

12
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How does diet effect the microbiota?

A

High fat diets can alter it and lead to obesity

13
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What can dysbiosis cause?

A

Dysbiosis of gut commensals likely contributes to chronic inflammatory diseases, e.g., IBD, autoimmunity, allergy and obesity