The mammalian intestinal epithelium as integral player in the establishment and maintenance of host-microbial homeostasis

Seminars in Immunology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-35

  Duerr, Claudia U ^a,b   Hornef, Mathias W ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial host defence; Innate immune recognition; Intestinal epithelium; Mucosal homeostasis

Indexed keywords

HELICASE; MICRORNA; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SURFACE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PANETH CELL; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MAMMALS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84857048152     PISSN: 10445323     EISSN: 10963618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smim.2011.11.002     Document Type: Review

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