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Figure 1
Legend: The imbalance between high fiber versus high fat diets
negatively affects the microbiome with subsequent defects in immune
tolerance induction.
Figure 2
Legend: Microbial metabolism of dietary fibers generates metabolites
(e.g. SCFAs) that promote differentiation and survival of regulatory
immune cell subsets.