Intragastric administration of 6% H2O2 induces gastric mucosal hemorrhagic lesions in rats. Intraperitoneal administration of rebamipide at 10 to 100 mg/kg dose-dependently prevented the H2O2-induced mucosal lesions. The fact that cimetidine, ranitidine and omeprazole could not prevent the gastric mucosa from developing H2O2-induced lesions indicates that acid secretion might not be the main ca...

Lamm, Michael E. Current Concepts in Mucosal Immunity. IV. How epithelial transport of IgA antibodies relates to host defense. Am. J. Physiol. 274 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 37): G614–G617, 1998.—The humoral arm of the mucosal immune system is principally composed of locally synthesized polymeric IgA, whose Fc portion is adapted for binding to the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor that is ex...

Saliva is a bodily fluid secreted by three pairs of major salivary glands (parotid submandibular and sublingual) and by many of minor salivary glands. Saliva is supplemented with several constituents that originate from blood serum, from intact or destroyed mucosal and immune cells, and from intact or destroyed oral microorganisms that result in a complex mixture of a variety of molecules. Sali...

This study was done to examine the role of CCK in gastric mucosal defense and to assess the gastroprotective roles of nitric oxide and blood flow. In rats, the CCK secretagogues oleate and soybean trypsin inhibitor augmented gastric mucosal blood flow and prevented gastric injury from luminal irritants. Type A CCK receptor blockade negated CCK secretagogue-induced gastroprotection and exacerbat...

Despite our knowledge on the role of IgA in mucosal homeostasis and host defense and clinical evidence suggesting deficient first-line defense mechanisms in chronic airway disorders, little is known regarding its role in asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Studies suggest that the mucosal IgA response is impaired in COPD, and a deficient transport of IgA across the bronchia...

Mice infected with Citrobacter rodentium represent an excellent model in which to examine immune defenses against an attaching-effacing enteric bacterial pathogen. Colonic tissue from mice infected with C. rodentium harbors increased transcripts for IL-12 and IFN-gamma and displays mucosal pathology compared with uninfected controls. In this study, the role of IL-12 and IFN-gamma in host defens...

Polymeric Ig receptor (pIgR) is a central player in mucosal immunity that mediates the delivery of polymeric IgA and IgM to the apical surface of epithelial cells via transcytosis. Emerging evidence suggests that Th17 cells not only mediate autoimmunity but also play key roles in mucosal host defense against pathogens. We demonstrate that OVA-specific CD4 Th17 cells, in addition to causing neut...

Polymeric Ig receptor (pIgR) is a central player in mucosal immunity that mediates the delivery of polymeric IgA and IgM to the apical surface of epithelial cells via transcytosis. Emerging evidence suggests that Th17 cells not only mediate autoimmunity but also play key roles in mucosal host defense against pathogens. We demonstrate that OVA-specific CD4(+) Th17 cells, in addition to causing n...