Immune surveillance and microbial escape in the aging host: Why does the microbiome lose its balance?

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Unsolved Mysteries discuss a topic of biological importance that is poorly understood and in need of research attention.

Siqi Liu,

Affiliation Leibniz Institute on Aging, Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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Flávio Silva Costa,

Affiliation Leibniz Institute on Aging, Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany
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Dario Riccardo Valenzano

* E-mail: dario.valenzano@leibniz-fli.de

Affiliations Leibniz Institute on Aging, Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI), Jena, Germany, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany, Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8761-8289

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