Autophagy protects against colitis by the maintenance of normal gut microflora and secretion of mucus

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 290, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 20511-20526

  Tsuboi, Koichiro ^a,b   Nishitani, Mayo ^b   Takakura, Atsushi ^b   Imai, Yasuyuki ^b   Komatsu, Masaaki ^c   Kawashima, Hiroto ^a,b  

^a HOSHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; GENES; MAMMALS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AFFECTED AREA; BACTERIAL INVASION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GUT MICROFLORA; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MUCOSAL BARRIERS; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

DISEASES;

ANGIOGENIN; ANGIOGENIN 4 PROTEIN; INTELECTIN 1 PROTEIN; INTELECTIN 2 PROTIEN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MUCIN; PROTEIN; RELM BETA PROTEIN; RETNLB PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ATG7 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CYTOKINE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATG7 GENE; ATOPOBIUM; AUTOPHAGY; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM COCCOIDES; CLOSTRIDIUM LEPTUM; COLITIS; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM CYLINDROIDES; FEMALE; GENE; HOMEOSTASIS; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MOUSE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCUS; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS);

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; COLITIS, ULCERATIVE; COLON; CYTOKINES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MUCUS;

EID: 84939634792     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.632257     Document Type: Article

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