Intestinal barrier dysfunction in inflam
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Michael A. McGuckin; Rajaraman Eri; Lisa A. Simms; Timothy H.J. Florin; Graham R
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Article
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2009
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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The etiology of human inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) is believed to involve inappropriate host responses to the complex commensal microbial flora in the gut, although an altered commensal flora is not completely excluded. A multifunctional cellular and secreted barrier separates the microbial fl