Modifications of the follicle-associated epithelium by short-term exposure to a non-intestinal bacterium

Journal of Pathology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 326-332

  Borghesi, Chiara ^a   Regoli, Marì ^b   Bertelli, Eugenio ^b   Nicoletti, Claudio ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterocyte; Follicle associated epithelium; M cell; Mucosal immunity; Streptococcus pneumoniae R36a

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERITIS; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PEYER'S PATCHES; RABBITS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029825738     PISSN: 00223417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9896(199611)180:3<326::AID-PATH656>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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