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Type I and III interferon in the gut: tight balance between host protection and immunopathology
- Abstract:
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The intestinal mucosa forms an active interface to the outside word, facilitating nutrient and water uptake and at the same time acts as a barrier toward the highly colonized intestinal lumen. A tight balance of the mucosal immune system is essential to tolerate harmless antigens derived from food or commensals and to effectively defend against potentially dangerous pathogens. Interferons (IFN) provide a first line of host defense when cells detect an invading organism. Whereas type I IFN wer...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Frontiers Media Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Frontiers in Immunology Journal website
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- MAR
- Article number:
- 258
- Publication date:
- 2017-03-14
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-02-21
- DOI:
- ISSN:
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1664-3224
- Pmid:
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28352268
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- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:696314
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- Local pid:
- pubs:696314
- Source identifiers:
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696314
- Deposit date:
- 2018-01-08
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- Copyright holder:
- Pott and Stockinger
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright: © 2017 Pott and Stockinger. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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