Rectal muciphages are rich in lysozymes: A novel source of antimicrobial mucosal defense?

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 743-744

  Rubio, Carlos A ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYSOZYME; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MUCIN;

CELL DISRUPTION; COLON MUCOSA; CRYPT CELL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; MUCOLIPIDOSIS TYPE 1; NIEMANN PICK DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE DISEASE; TAY SACHS DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PATHOLOGY; RECTUM DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; HUMAN; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MACROPHAGES; MUCINS; MURAMIDASE; RECTAL DISEASES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; HUMANS;

EID: 0035990201     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520212506     Document Type: Letter

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