Bacteria penetrate the inner mucus layer before inflammation in the dextran sulfate colitis model.

Bacteria penetrate the inner mucus layer before inflammation in the dextran sulfate colitis model.

Protection of the large intestine with its enormous amount of commensal bacteria is a challenge that became easier to understand when we recently could describe that colon has an inner attached mucus layer devoid of bacteria (Johansson et al. (2008) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 15064-15069). The...

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Main Authors: Malin E V Johansson, Jenny K Gustafsson, Karolina E Sjöberg, Joel Petersson, Lena Holm, Henrik Sjövall, Gunnar C Hansson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-08-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2923597?pdf=render

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