Immune-Epithelial Crosstalk in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and Mucosal Wound Healing

• मुख्य लेखक: Britta Siegmund (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Moritz Leppkes (auth), Christoph Becker (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• श्रृंखला: Frontiers Research Topics
• विषय: Medicine; lymphocytes; inflammatory bowel diseases; immune system; intestinal epithelium; mucosal immunity
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

80% of the bodies' immune cells are harbored within the intestine. They are only separated from 1014 microorganisms by a single layer of intestinal epithelial cells and a secreted superficial mucus layer. Therefore, the intestinal epithelial surface represents a main frontier in host defense. P...