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Brief Report

Kinetic and mechanistic diversity of intestinal immune homeostasis characterized by rapid removal of gut bacteria

Da-Jung Junga Center for Experimental Therapeutics and reperfusion injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Ledia Gebremedhina Center for Experimental Therapeutics and reperfusion injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Byoungsook Goha Center for Experimental Therapeutics and reperfusion injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Ji-Sun Yooa Center for Experimental Therapeutics and reperfusion injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Francesca Gazzanigab Department of Immunology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Dennis L. Kasperb Department of Immunology, Blavatnik Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USAView further author information
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Sungwhan F. Oha Center for Experimental Therapeutics and reperfusion injury, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA;c Program in Immunology, Division of Medical Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 2201154 | Received 17 Oct 2022, Accepted 04 Apr 2023, Published online: 17 Apr 2023

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