Intestinal M cells: The fallible sentinels?

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1477-1486

  Miller, Harvey ^a   Zhang, Jianbing ^a   KuoLee, Rhonda ^a   Patel, Girishchandra B ^a   Chen, Wangxue ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Development; Gastrointestinal; M cell; Mucosal immunity; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

APICAL MEMBRANE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS;

EID: 34247642257     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v13.i10.1477     Document Type: Editorial

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