The inner of the two Muc2 mucin-dependent mucus layers in colon is devoid of bacteria

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 105, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 15064-15069

  Johansson, Malin E V ^a   Phillipson, Mia ^b   Petersson, Joel ^b   Velcich, Anna ^c   Holm, Lena ^b   Hansson, Gunnar C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Commensal bacteria; Large intestine; Proteomics; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 2; MUCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON FLORA; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; LARGE INTESTINE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEOMICS; RAT; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; ANIMAL; COLITIS; COLON; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; MUCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; COLITIS; COLON; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUCINS; MUCUS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 54449083567     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803124105     Document Type: Article

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