Homeland Security: IgA immunity at the frontiers of the body

Trends in Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 160-167

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNITY; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; MUCOSA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

EID: 84859164917     PISSN: 14714906     EISSN: 14714981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2012.02.002     Document Type: Review

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