Roadblocks in the gut: Barriers to enteric infection

Cellular Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 660-669

  Gill, Navkiran ^a   Wlodarska, Marta ^a,b   Finlay, B Brett ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALGRANULIN A; CALGRANULIN B; CATHELICIDIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LECTIN; NEUTROPHIL GELATINASE ASSOCIATED LIPOCALIN; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN PROTEIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

DEFENSE MECHANISM; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTESTINE; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE INFECTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PANETH CELL; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 79954919685     PISSN: 14625814     EISSN: 14625822     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-5822.2011.01578.x     Document Type: Review

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