The mucus and mucins of the goblet cells and enterocytes provide the first defense line of the gastrointestinal tract and interact with the immune system

The gastrointestinal tract is covered by mucus that has different properties in the stomach, small intestine and colon. The large highly glycosylated gel-forming mucins MUC2 and MUC5AC are the major components of the mucus in the intestine and stomach, respectively. In the small intestine mucus limi...

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Published in:Immunol Rev
Main Authors: Pelaseyed, Thaher, Bergström, Joakim H., Gustafsson, Jenny K., Ermund, Anna, Birchenough, George M. H., Schütte, André, van der Post, Sjoerd, Svensson, Frida, Rodríguez-Piñeiro, Ana M., Nyström, Elisabeth E.L., Wising, Catharina, Johansson, Malin E.V., Hansson, Gunnar C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2014
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4281373/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24942678
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/imr.12182
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