Enteroimmunology: A Guide to the Prevention and Treatment of Chronic Inflammatory Disease - bbooksto
Psy Press is pleased to present the 3rd edition of Enteroimmunology. This highly acclaimed volume has been extensively updated and expanded with an additional 100 pages of new subject matter. Enteroimmunology is the emerging field of medicine that studies the enteric immune system and microbial biome of the gut and their interaction with diet, digestion, the enteric and central nervous systems and endocrine functions. It explores and elucidates how these systems affect each other, and how they impact health and disease. The gastrointestinal mucosa is predominantly lined with enterocytes that form a continuous barrier from the beginning to the end of the digestive path. These cells absorb nutrients, while excluding the trillions of bacteria and other microbes that inhabit the gut. Just below the enterocytes, the mucosa contains over half of the body's immune cells. These cells effect immune activity that protect the body from infection, however, they can also promote chronic inflammator
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