Mucosal immunity: aliment and ailments
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Mucosal immunity.
Food allergy is the manifestation of an abnormal immune response to antigen delivered by the oral route. Normal mucosal immune responses are generally associated with suppression of immunity. A normal mucosal immune response relies heavily on a number of factors: strong physical barriers, luminal digestion of potential antigens, selective antigen sampling sites, and unique T-cell subpopulations...
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عنوان ژورنال: Mucosal Immunology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1933-0219,1935-3456
DOI: 10.1038/mi.2009.123