In vivo IgA coating of anaerobic bacteria in human faeces

Gut

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 348-354

  Van Der Waaij, L A ^a,b   Limburg, P C ^a   Mesander, G ^a   Van Der Waaij, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Faeces; Flow cytometry; Immunoglobulins; Mucosal immunology; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; COLITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029927884     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.38.3.348     Document Type: Article

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