Tuesday, August 21, 2012

skin microbiota contribute to protective immunity



Research published in the journal Science looked at the colony of mice with mice berbakteri well. The researchers then observed the infected mice, both in rats with good bacteria and bacteria-free mice with the parasite.

The researchers concluded, mice whose skin is not berbakteri can not increase the effective immune response against the parasite. While mice with good bacteria can improve the immune response. From the results of the study tersebutlah, ultimately researchers say that healthy skin depends on commensal interactions with immune cells.


HAVE a clean and smooth skin is everyone's dream. Not without reason, the outer skin is an organ that protects the body from various threats, including bacteria. But you know, a study claims that millions of bacteria that live on the skin can boost immunity and protect the body from infection.

The study led by researchers at the lab Yasmine Belkaid from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, same work with Julie Segre of the National Human Genome Research Institute, and Giorgio Trinchieri, and Heidi Kong from the National Cancer Institute.

The study began with scientists at the National Institutes of Health in the U.S., which found that millions of commensal bacteria naturally in the skin known as skin microbiota contribute to protective immunity by interacting with immune cells in the skin.