Regional specialization in the mucosal immune system: what happens in the microcompartments?

Authors
Brandtzaeg, P Baekkevold, ES Farstad, IN Jahnsen, FL Johansen, FE Nilsen, EM Yamanaka, T
Citation
P. Brandtzaeg et al., Regional specialization in the mucosal immune system: what happens in the microcompartments?, IMMUNOL TOD, 20(3), 1999, pp. 141-151
Citations number
84
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology
Journal title
IMMUNOLOGY TODAY
ISSN journal
01675699 → ACNP
Volume
20
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
141 - 151
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-5699(199903)20:3<141:RSITMI>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
Mucosal immunity is an important arm of the immune system because it operat es in tissues involved in everyday infectious defence as well as in toleran ce against innocuous environmental and dietary antigens. Here, Per Brandtza eg and colleagues discuss compartmentalized regulation of mucosal B cells a nd mechanisms that might explain the strikingly regionalized effector dispa rity of the human mucosal immune system.