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Barry K Wershil1, Glenn T Furuta.
Abstract
Mucosal surfaces constitute a large host-environmental interface that must be protected from pathogenic organisms. The mucosal immune system has evolved as a distinct immune organ functioning independently from its systemic counterpart. The mucosal immune system has the difficult task of mounting protective responses to invading microorganisms while maintaining a state of nonresponsiveness to commensal bacteria and food antigens. The system has unique cellular components and functional aspects that permit it to carry out this dual role.Mesh：
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18241686 DOI： 10.1016/j.jaci.2007.10.023
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Allergy Clin Immunol ISSN： 0091-6749 Impact factor: 10.793