title: "Nuts and bolts" of disease tolerance.
abstract: Disease tolerance describes the ability of an infected host to limit disease severity without negatively impacting the causative pathogen. Bessede et al. (2014) show that the aryl hydrocarbon receptor is an essential component of disease tolerance during bacterial infection in mice.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, 2780-156 Oeiras, Portugal. Electronic address: mpsoares@igc.gulbenkian.pt.
authors.forename: Miguel P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Soares
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D060467:Disease Resistance / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology*; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon