Roles and regulation of the mucus barrier in the gut

Tissue Barriers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Cornick, Steve ^a   Tawiah, Adelaide ^a   Chadee, Kris ^a  

^a University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barrier function; ER stress; Goblet cell; IBD; Innate defense; MUC2; Mucin; Secretory response; Unfolded protein response

Indexed keywords

CD103 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN BINDING PROTEIN; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 10 RECEPTOR; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LISTERIOLYSIN O; MUCIN 2; MUCIN 3; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; NUCLEOTIDE BINDING OLIGOMERIZATION DOMAIN LIKE RECEPTOR; PATHOGEN ASSOCIATED MOLECULAR PATTERN; PROTEIN KINASE C; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOPHAGY; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CROHN DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GOBLET CELL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUCUS BARRIER; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; UNFOLDED PROTEIN RESPONSE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84962627337     PISSN: 21688362     EISSN: 21688370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/21688370.2014.982426     Document Type: Review

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