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News & Newsletters | 1/13/2022

Immune & Epithelial Interactions Gastrointestinal System

Dendritic cells that colonize the intestinal epithelium show a unique phenotype influenced by retinoic acid and mucus that reduce T cell activation.
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News & Newsletters | 12/14/2021

An integrin αEβ7-dependent mechanism of IgA transcytosis requires direct plasma cell contact with intestinal epithelium

Efficient IgA transcytosis is critical for the maintenance of a homeostatic microbiota. In the canonical model, locally-secreted dimeric (d)IgA reaches the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR)...
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Featured Papers | 12/13/2021

Secretory IgA N-glycans contribute to the protection against E. coli O55 infection of germ-free piglets

In this recent Mucosal Immunology paper, the research team around Milan Raska at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague and Jiri Mestecky at the University of Alabama at Birmingham investigated th...
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