Abstract
Intestinal M cells, the specialised antigen-sampling cells of the mucosal immune system, are exploited by Salmonella and other pathogens as a route of invasion. Salmonella entry into M cells and colonisation of Peyer's patches involve mechanisms critical for infection of cultured cells as well as factors not accurately modelled in vitro.
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Animals
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Cattle
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Epithelium / microbiology*
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Humans
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Intestinal Mucosa / cytology
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Intestinal Mucosa / microbiology
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Mice
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Peyer's Patches / cytology*
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Peyer's Patches / microbiology*
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Salmonella / pathogenicity*
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Salmonella / physiology
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Salmonella Infections / microbiology*