Immunology: Editorial review

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 684-686

  Sanderson, Ian R ^a,b   Walker, W Allan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; DEXTRAN SULFATE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 9;

ADIPOCYTE; ALLERGY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BODY FAT; CPG ISLAND; CROHN DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; EDITORIAL; ENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; OBESITY; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 27644454676     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mog.0000183665.41753.84     Document Type: Editorial

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