Open AccessRole of Bacterial Adherence and the Mucus Barrier on Bacterial Translocation
Author(s) -
M Katayama,
Dazhong Xu,
Robert D. Specian,
Edwin A. Deitch
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199703000-00012
Subject(s) - mucus , microbiology and biotechnology , chromosomal translocation , intestinal mucosa , bacteria , enterocyte , pathogenesis , bacterial translocation , biology , cecum , mucin , barrier function , immunology , medicine , small intestine , biochemistry , ecology , genetics , gene
The purpose of the study was to investigate the potential relations between mucosal bacterial adherence, intestinal mucus and mucin content, and bacterial translocation.