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Microbiome Research in Kidney Diseases: Listening in on the Gut-Immune System Crosstalk

Jeanne A. Ishimwe Jeanne A. Ishimwe, PhD, is with the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University; Valentina Kon, PhD, is with the Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; and Annet Kirabo, DVM, PhD, is with the Departments of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

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Valentina Kon Jeanne A. Ishimwe, PhD, is with the Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University; Valentina Kon, PhD, is with the Division of Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; and Annet Kirabo, DVM, PhD, is with the Departments of Medicine and Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN.

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