[Immunomicroecology: concept and applications].

ABSTRACT

Microorganism exerts a profound impact on the development and function of human immunity. Vice versa, immunity also affects the constitution and function of human microbiota. Hence, a new concept, immunomicroecology, has been put forward as an inevitable consequence of the development in the fields of microecology and immunology. Here, we describe the reciprocities between immunological system and microecological system, and elaborate the concept, developing course, and prospects of immunomicroecology.