Parham Chapter 10
Preventing infection at mucosal surfaces
Dr Joke den Haan
Dept of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology
, The mucosal immune system
1. Mucosal immune system
• Anatomy and function
• Effector cells
• tolerance induction
2. Bacterial flora in the intestines
By David R. Withers,
University of Birmingham
• composition
http://www.cell.com/immuni
ty/image-resource-gut
• function
• diseases
2
,Weefsels bedekt met slijm + zintuigen
What are the mucosal tissues?
3
, The surface area of mucosal tissues is huge!
Groot oppervlakte = grote kans
voor pathogenen om binnen te
dringen
Exploring Immunology, Concepts and Evidence
MacPherson and Austyn, Wiley-Blackwell 2012
Preventing infection at mucosal surfaces
Dr Joke den Haan
Dept of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology
, The mucosal immune system
1. Mucosal immune system
• Anatomy and function
• Effector cells
• tolerance induction
2. Bacterial flora in the intestines
By David R. Withers,
University of Birmingham
• composition
http://www.cell.com/immuni
ty/image-resource-gut
• function
• diseases
2
,Weefsels bedekt met slijm + zintuigen
What are the mucosal tissues?
3
, The surface area of mucosal tissues is huge!
Groot oppervlakte = grote kans
voor pathogenen om binnen te
dringen
Exploring Immunology, Concepts and Evidence
MacPherson and Austyn, Wiley-Blackwell 2012
