title: Bugs, guts, and glia: how microbiota influence enteric gliogenesis and migration.
abstract: Enteric glia are neural crest derivatives. Kabouridis et al. (2015) now show in adult animals that new glia arise within the ganglia of enteric plexuses and then migrate centripetally to colonize the mucosa. Remarkably, enteric microbiota regulate this critical migration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: mr3343@cumc.columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Meenakshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Cell Biology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 10032, USA. Electronic address: mdg4@cumc.columbia.edu.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gershon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000166:cytology*; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology*; D064307:Microbiota / Q000502:physiology*; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000502:physiology*; D013368:Submucous Plexus / Q000166:cytology*