Immunoglobulin A: A bridge between innate and adaptive immunity

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 529-533

  Macpherson, Andrew J ^a   Geuking, Markus B ^a   McCoy, Kathy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

commensal; host microbial mutualism; immunoglobulin A; microbiota

Indexed keywords

APRIL PROTEIN; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; CD4 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; DENDRITIC CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NATURAL KILLER T CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTESTINAL MUCOSA;

EID: 80054713146     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: 15317056     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32834bb805     Document Type: Review

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