State of the Art ReviewBMJ 2018; 360 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.j5145 (Published 08 January 2018)Cite this as: BMJ 2018;360:j51452018;360:j5145
ABSTRACT
The role of the gut microbiome in models of inflammatory and autoimmune disease is now well characterized. Renewed interest in the human microbiome and its metabolites, as well as notable advances in host mucosal immunology, has opened multiple avenues of research to potentially modulate inflammatory responses.