"Germ-Free Life" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
	MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, 
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				Animals not contaminated by or associated with any foreign organisms.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | 
										
							D005856
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						| MeSH Number(s) | 
						
							 G06.320 
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						| Concept/Terms | 
						
							Germ-Free Life- Germ-Free Life
 - Germ Free Life
 - Life, Germ-Free
 - Germfree Life
 - Life, Germfree
 
  Axenic Animals- Axenic Animals
 - Animal, Axenic
 - Animals, Axenic
 - Axenic Animal
 
  
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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Germ-Free Life" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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The gut microbiota in infants of obese mothers increases inflammation and susceptibility to NAFLD. Nat Commun. 2018 10 26; 9(1):4462.
															
								 
							
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Dietary selenium affects host selenoproteome expression by influencing the gut microbiota. FASEB J. 2011 Jul; 25(7):2492-9.
															
								 
							
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Searching for a valid animal model of hemolytic uremic syndrome. Am J Clin Pathol. 2002 Sep; 118(3):323-5.
															
								 
							
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Inactivation of the Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA gene blocks periodontal damage in gnotobiotic rats. J Bacteriol. 1994 Feb; 176(4):1052-9.