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Gut microbiota / Evidence-based microbiome knowledge (incl. AI chat)
Prebiotics, Probiotics, FMT / Manipulators of the Intestinal Microbiota

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Antimicrobial Peptides (AMPs) & T helper 17 cell (Th17)

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Additionally, Th17 cells can induce the release of anti-microbial peptides from non-immune cells, such as epithelial cells.
Kempski et al. 2017

Interleukin-17A (IL-17A) and IL-17F are critical for antimicrobial peptide production and clearance of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization
Archer et al. 2016 Infect Immun 84(12): 3575–83
TH17 cell and epithelial cell crosstalk during inﬂammatory bowel disease and carcinogenesis
Kempski et al. 2017
Review
TH17 cells promote microbial killing and innate immune sensing of DNA via interleukin 26
Meller et al. 2015 Nat Immunol 16(9): 970-9
The biological functions of T helper 17 cell effector cytokines in inflammation.
Ouyang et al. 2008 Immunity 28(4): 454–67
The orphan nuclear receptor RORgammat directs the differentiation program of proinflammatory IL-17+ T helper cells
Ivanov et al. 2006 Cell 126: 1121-33

5/29/2026