Epithelial barrier: An interface for the cross-communication between gut flora and immune system

Immunological Reviews

Volumn 245, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 147-163

  Goto, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kiyono, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Commensal bacteria; IECs; Physiological inflammation

Indexed keywords

BETA DEFENSIN 3; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 15; CASPASE RECRUITMENT DOMAIN PROTEIN 4; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; I KAPPA B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 5; X BOX BINDING PROTEIN 1;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; COMMENSALISM; CROHN DISEASE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOWN REGULATION; ENDOCRINE CELL; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUCOSYLATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; GOBLET CELL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HEREDITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LAMINA PROPRIA; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PANETH CELL; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH17 CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES;

EID: 83655191565     PISSN: 01052896     EISSN: 1600065X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065X.2011.01078.x     Document Type: Review

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