Glycobiome: Bacteria and mucus at the epithelial interface

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Gastroenterology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-38

  Ouwerkerk, Janneke P ^a   De Vos, Willem M ^a,b,c   Belzer, Clara ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Akkermansia muciniphila; Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron; Gastrointestinal tract *microbiology; Humans; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Intestinal mucosa; Irritable bowel syndrome; Microbial interactions symbiosis; Mucins polysaccharides glycans; Mucosal immunity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; ANGIOGENIN; COLLECTIN; GALACTOSE; GLYCAN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HISTATIN; LECTIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LYSOZYME; MUCIN 2; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SECRETORY PHOSPHOLIPASE A2;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; APICAL MEMBRANE; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CLOSTRIDIUM HISTOLYTICUM; CROHN DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIARRHEA; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; FAECALIBACTERIUM PRAUSNITZII; FECES MICROFLORA; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOBIOLOGY; GLYCOCALYX; GOBLET CELL; GOLGI COMPLEX; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; IRRITABLE COLON; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LAMINA PROPRIA; METHANOGENIC ARCHAEON; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PANETH CELL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETORTAMONAS; TURNOVER TIME; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; VERRUCOMICROBIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 84879104937     PISSN: 15216918     EISSN: 15321916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpg.2013.03.001     Document Type: Review

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