Carbohydrate Expression in the Intestinal Mucosa

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• 1 Introduction.
• 1.1 Intestinal Mucins.
• 1.2 The Mucosal Immune System.
• 1.3 Objectives and Scope of the Research Presented in This Monograph.
• 2 Materials and Methods.
• 2.1 Animals.
• 2.2 Diets.
• 2.3 Preparation of Tissues and Histochemical Methods.
• 2.4 Quantitative Morphology.
• 2.5 Morphometry.
• 2.6 Lectin Histochemistry to Identify Carbohydrate Residues of Mucin.
• 2.7 Staining Procedure for Neuroendocrine Cells.
• 2.8 Syngeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation.
• 2.9 Human and Mice Peyer’s Patches.
• 3 Mucosal Responses to Diet and Flora.
• 3.1 Progress in Research of Intestinal Mucins.
• 3.2 Results and Discussion.
• 4 Influence of Diet and Microflora on Distribution of Enteroendocrine Cells.
• 4.1 Results.
• 4.2 Discussion.
• 5 Peyer’s Patches of SCID Mice After Syngeneic Normal Bone Marrow Transplantation.
• 5.1 Results.
• 5.2 Discussion.
• 6 Carbohydrate Expression in Human and Mouse Peyer’s Patches.
• 6.1 Results.
• 6.2 Discussion.
• 7 General Discussion and Conclusions.
• 7.1 Summary.
• References.