Layered defense: how mucus and tight junctions seal the intestinal barrier

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 927-934

  Capaldo, Christopher T ^a   Powell, Domonica N ^a   Kalman, Daniel ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epithelial barrier; IBD; Inflammation; Mucus; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; MUCIN;

BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; REVIEW; TIGHT JUNCTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUCUS; PATHOLOGY; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MUCINS; MUCUS; PERMEABILITY; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 85023761119     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-017-1557-x     Document Type: Review

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