Interactions between gut-associated lymphoid tissue and colonization levels of indigenous, segmented, filamentous bacteria in the small intestine of mice

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1177-1182

  Snel, J ^a,e   Hermsen, C C ^f   Smits, H J ^f   Bos, N A ^b   Eling, W M C ^f   Cebra, J J ^c   Heidt, P J ^d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BIOMEDICAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^e NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Gut associated lymphoid tissue; Segmented filamentous bacteria; Small intestine

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

AGE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CECUM; ILEUM MUCOSA; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMALL INTESTINE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDATUS ARTHROMITUS SP. SFB-MOUSE;

EID: 0032432229     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w98-122     Document Type: Article

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