Interaction between gut immunity and polysaccharides

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 2017, Pages 2943-2955

  Huang, Xiaojun ^a   Nie, Shaoping ^a   Xie, Mingyong ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gut microbiota; gut associated lymphoid tissues; inflammatory bowel disease; polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH; HISTOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; TISSUE HOMEOSTASIS;

BIOACTIVE MACROMOLECULES; GUT MICROBIOTA; IMMUNOMODULATORY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINAL HEALTHS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MICROBIAL ECO SYSTEM; MICROENVIRONMENTS;

TISSUE;

POLYSACCHARIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA;

GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 85019643757     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: 15497852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2015.1079165     Document Type: Article

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