Uptake and transport of intestinal macromolecules and microorganisms by M cells in Peyer's patches: A personal and historical perspective

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 157-163

  Owen, Robert L ^a,b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera; Electron microscopy; Lymphocytes; M cell; Mycobacteria; Peyer's patch

Indexed keywords

IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE TUBERCULOSIS; LYMPHOID CELL; M CELL; MACROMOLECULE; PEYER PATCH; REVIEW;

EID: 0032794570     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/smim.1999.0171     Document Type: Article

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