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You will be redirected to our submission process. The intestinal tract is the largest immune organ of the body, and intestinal mucosal immunity represents the first line of defense for the intestinal ...

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In addition, BFT stimulates the secretion of IL-8 by intestinal cells, which promotes an inflammatory response with recruitment of polymorphonuclear leucocytes to the intestinal mucosa.

In the initial steps of intestinal infection, Shigella enter enterocytes and damage the cells, generating ulcerations of the mucosa and an inflammatory response.

Trauma, infection, neoplasia, and inflammation can all disrupt the intact intestinal mucosal barrier to intraluminal bacteria and bacterial antigens. This study investigated the relation between ...

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Erythematous mucosa is inflammation of the membrane that lines the digestive tract. Here, learn about its causes, associated symptoms, and treatments.

Capsule endoscopy has gained a lot of attention in the medical field in the recent past as an effective way of investigating unusual symptoms experienced in places such as esophagus, stomach, small ...