The effect of age on the intestinal mucus thickness, microbiota composition and immunity in relation to sex in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2017, Pages

  Elderman, Marlies ^a   Sovran, Bruno ^a   Hugenholtz, Floor ^a,c   Graversen, Katrine ^c   Huijskes, Myrte ^c   Houtsma, Eva ^b   Belzer, Clara ^a,c   Boekschoten, Mark ^a,c   De Vos, Paul ^a,b   Dekker, Jan ^a,c   Wells, Jerry ^a,c   Faas, Marijke ^b,d  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; CLOSTRIDIALES; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; DOWN REGULATION; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; ILEUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INTESTINAL MUCUS THICKNESS; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SEX; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPLEEN CELL; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; MUCUS; PROCEDURES; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; T LYMPHOCYTE;

TRANSCRIPTOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLON; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICE; MUCUS; PEYER'S PATCHES; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85029438305     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0184274     Document Type: Article

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