The first line of defense: The effects of alcohol on post-burn intestinal barrier, immune cells, and microbiome

Alcohol Research: Current Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 209-222

  Hammer, Adam M ^a   Morris, Niya L ^a   Earley, Zachary M ^a   Choudhry, Mashkoor A ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Alcohol consumption; Alcohol effects and consequences; Alcohol exposure; Alcohol use; And dependence; Animal models; Bacteria; Burns; Dysbiosis; Gut; Human studies; Immune cells; Immunity; Intestinal barrier; Intestinal lumen; Intestine; Microbiome; Neutrophils; Organ failure; Sepsis; T cells; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BURN; COMPLICATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DYSBIOSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; SEPSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BURNS; DYSBIOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; NEUTROPHILS; SEPSIS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84941137168     PISSN: 21683492     EISSN: 21694796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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