The Intestinal Mucus Layer Comes of Age

• Autores: Shipra Vaishnava
• Localización: Trends in immunology, ISSN 1471-4906, Vol. 37, Nº. 1, 2016, págs. 3-4
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The mucus layer is critical in limiting contact between host and the complex bacterial consortia that colonize the intestine. A recent paper in Cell Host and Microbe provides comprehensive insight into the dynamics of mucus layer maturation upon bacterial colonization of germ-free (GF) mice that have implications for studies on host-microbe interaction involving colonization of GF mice.