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Background Colonization by the pathogen Clostridium difficile often occurs in the background of a disrupted microbial community. Identifying specific organisms conferring resistance to invasion by C. difficile is desirable because diagnostic and therapeutic strategies based on the human microbiota have the potential to provide more precision to the management and treatment of Clostridium difficile...
Chronically elevated circulating plasma glucocorticoid concentrations can have suppressive effects on immune function in mammals. House mice (Mus domesticus) that have been selectively bred for high voluntary wheel running exhibit chronically elevated (two-fold, on average) plasma corticosterone (CORT) levels and hence are an interesting model to study possible glucocorticoid-induced immune suppression...
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