Mucin Gene Deficiency in Mice Impairs Host Resistance to an Enteric Parasitic Infection

Gastroenterology

Volumn 138, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Hasnain, Sumaira Z ^a   Wang, Huaqing ^b   Ghia, Jean Eric ^b   Haq, Nihal ^b   Deng, Yikang ^b   Velcich, Anna ^c   Grencis, Richard K ^a   Thornton, David J ^a   Khan, Waliul I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteric Infection; Goblet Cell; Host Resistance; Innate Immunity; Muc2

Indexed keywords

MUCIN 2; MUCIN 5AC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HOST RESISTANCE; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRICHURIASIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS MURIS; WORM EXPULSION;

EID: 77951672971     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2010.01.045     Document Type: Article

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