Mucosal immune system of the gastrointestinal tract: maintaining balance between the good and the bad

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1185-1193

  Ahluwalia, Bani ^a,b   Magnusson, Maria K ^a   Öhman, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Calmino Group AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epithelial barrier; GALT; gut microbiota; immune homeostasis; lamina propria; mucosal immunity; mucosal tolerance

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN;

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL HOMING; DENDRITIC CELL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LAMINA PROPRIA; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; B LYMPHOCYTE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; STOMACH MUCOSA; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGES; PEYER'S PATCHES; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 85029681208     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2017.1349173     Document Type: Review

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