Intestinal microflora and homeostasis of the mucosal immune response: Implications for probiotic bacteria?

Current Issues in Intestinal Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 53-60

  Blum, Stephanie ^a   Schiffrin, Eduardo J ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; MATURATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; PROBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0141858770     PISSN: 1466531X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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