Open AccessGI Motility: Microbiota and Macrophages Join Forces
Author(s) -
Michelle L. Robinette,
Marco Colonna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2014.06.040
Subject(s) - biology , motility , join (topology) , microbiology and biotechnology , mathematics , combinatorics
Gastrointestinal motility causes movement of food during digestion through contractions of the gut smooth muscle. The enteric nervous system regulates these events, and Muller et al. now find that its interaction with the immune system, in concert with gut microbiota, provides an additional layer of regulation to this complex task.
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