Pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis: Modeling the innate immune response

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-16

  Tanner, Scott M ^a,b   Berryhill, Taylor F ^a   Ellenburg, James L ^a   Jilling, Tamas ^c   Cleveland, Dava S ^d   Lorenz, Robin G ^b   Martin, Colin A ^a  

^a Kentucky   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 ALKYL 2 ACETYLGLYCEROPHOSPHOCHOLINE ESTERASE; ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ANTIBODY; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATING FACTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL INJURY; CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII INFECTION; DEPLETION; DYSBIOSIS; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE INJURY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL SENSOR; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEONATAL INTESTINAL ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PANETH CELL; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SENSOR; XENOGRAFT; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; MUCOSA; NECROSIS; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RAT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINES; MICE; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NECROSIS; PANETH CELLS; RATS;

EID: 84918785790     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2014.08.028     Document Type: Review

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