Selected article for: "epithelial cell and immune function"

Author: Ahanchian, Hamid; Jones, Carmen M; Chen, Yueh-sheng; Sly, Peter D
Title: Respiratory viral infections in children with asthma: do they matter and can we prevent them?
  • Document date: 2012_9_13
  • ID: 0mnsm6s4_33
    Snippet: Up to 100 trillion bacteria from different species colonize the human gut [98] . This microbiota participates in: host metabolism, vitamin synthesis, control of epithelial cell growth, protection from infectious microbes, and helps proper development and function of the immune system. There is constant cross-talk between microbiota and gut-associated lymphoid tissue (the largest lymphoid tissue of the human body which contains more than 60% of al.....
    Document: Up to 100 trillion bacteria from different species colonize the human gut [98] . This microbiota participates in: host metabolism, vitamin synthesis, control of epithelial cell growth, protection from infectious microbes, and helps proper development and function of the immune system. There is constant cross-talk between microbiota and gut-associated lymphoid tissue (the largest lymphoid tissue of the human body which contains more than 60% of all body lymphocytes) to establish mucosal immune tolerance in the gut. Common mucosal immunity describes the phenomenon where immune cells, especially regulatory T-cells, traffic to and influence responses at other mucosal surfaces, including the lungs [99] . Alteration in the microbiota composition (dysbiosis) results in immunological dysregulation that may underlie many human diseases such as inflammatory diseases [100] , obesity [101] , allergy [102] and autoimmunity [103] .

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