Guardians of the Gut: Newly Appreciated Role of Epithelial Toll-Like Receptors in Protecting the Intestine

Gastroenterology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-354

  Vijay Kumar, Matam ^a   Gewirtz, Andrew T ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5;

COLON CANCER; EDITORIAL; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 48549084332     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.06.064     Document Type: Editorial

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