Leaky gut as a danger signal for autoimmune diseases

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue MAY, 2017, Pages

  Mu, Qinghui ^a   Kirby, Jay ^a   Reilly, Christopher M ^b   Luo, Xin M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EDWARD VIA COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Gut microbiota; Leaky gut; Microbial translocation; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; COMMENSAL; DIET; ENTEROPATHY; EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; LEAKY GUT; LYMPHOCYTE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STRESS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TIGHT JUNCTION;

EID: 85020044788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00598     Document Type: Review

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