Elucidating the role of the mucus-associated microbiota and mucin glycosylation in inflammatory bowel disease
The human gastrointestinal (GI) tract is host to a dynamic community of 1013-1014 bacteria, which mainly reside in the colonic lumen and outer mucus layer covering the GI tract. Mucins are decorated in a diverse array of O-glycans, providing nutrients and attachment sites for microbes. Dysbiosis of...
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University of East Anglia
2016
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.699599 |