Orally applied endotoxin stimulates colonic mucin releasing cells in germfree rats

Journal of Experimental Animal Science

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 138-148

  Enss, M L ^a   Schmidt Wittig, U ^a   Muller H ^a   Mai, U E A ^a   Coenen, M ^b   Gartner K ^a   Hedrich, H J ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

colon mucosa; endotoxin; germfree rat; goblet cell; mucin; mucus

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; MUCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON MUCOSA; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GOBLET CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RAT;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0029965867     PISSN: 09398600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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