The mucosal immune system: Master regulator of bidirectional gut-brain communications

Nature Reviews Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 143-159

  Powell, Nick ^a   Walker, Marjorie M ^b   Talley, Nicholas J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELIAC DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DYSPEPSIA; EOSINOPHIL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOID CELL; MAST CELL; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOOD DISORDER; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; STRESS; T LYMPHOCYTE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MENTAL STRESS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BRAIN; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85009810453     PISSN: 17595045     EISSN: 17595053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrgastro.2016.191     Document Type: Review

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