Three cheers for the goblet cell: Maintaining homeostasis in mucosal epithelia

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 492-503

  McCauley, Heather A ^a   Guasch, Géraldine ^a,b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Differentiation; Goblet cells; Intestine; Lung; SPDEF

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AIRWAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EPITHELIUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GOBLET CELL; HOMEOSTASIS; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE; LUNG; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MUCOSA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOBLET CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE;

EID: 84938555475     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: 1471499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molmed.2015.06.003     Document Type: Review

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