{"title":"Influence of Commensal Microbiota in Barrier Function of Intestinal Mucosal Epithelium.","authors":"Laura Michie, Haley O Tucker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This review discusses the current state of knowledge surrounding the role of commensal bacteria in supporting intestinal mucosal barrier protection. We focus on two aspects of physical barrier function: Tight junction maintenance and mucus production.</p>","PeriodicalId":92978,"journal":{"name":"Advance research on endocrinology & metabolism","volume":"1 1","pages":"33-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7220026/pdf/nihms-1585468.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37932772","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}