The immunology of the vermiform appendix: a review of the literature

Hygiene Hypothesis: Is the Evidence the Same All Over the World?

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The Link between the Appendix and Ulcerative Colitis: Clinical Relevance and Potential Immunological Mechanisms

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Association analyses identify 38 susceptibility loci for inflammatory bowel disease and highlight shared genetic risk across populations

(2015) Jimmy Z Liu et al.   NATURE GENETICS

Appendiceal Skip Inflammation and Ulcerative Colitis

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A myriad of functions and complex regulation of the CCR7/CCL19/CCL21 chemokine axis in the adaptive immune system

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The gastrointestinal mucus system in health and disease

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Ulcerative colitis

(2013) A. C. Ford et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Diversification of the primary antibody repertoire begins during early follicle development in the rabbit appendix

(2012) Shi-Kang Zhai et al.   MOLECULAR IMMUNOLOGY

Antibiotic Exposure and IBD Development Among Children: A Population-Based Cohort Study

(2012) M. P. Kronman et al.   PEDIATRICS

Fast Renewal of the Distal Colonic Mucus Layers by the Surface Goblet Cells as Measured by In Vivo Labeling of Mucin Glycoproteins

(2012) Malin E. V. Johansson   PLoS One

Microbial Exposure During Early Life Has Persistent Effects on Natural Killer T Cell Function

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B1a lymphocytes in the rectal mucosa of ulcerative colitis patients

(2012) Lino Polese   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

The Cecal Appendix: One More Immune Component With a Function Disturbed By Post-Industrial Culture

(2011) Michel Laurin et al.   Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology

The Appendix May Protect Against Clostridium difficile Recurrence

(2011) Gene Y. Im et al.   Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

The effect of appendectomy on the course of ulcerative colitis: a systematic review

(2011) T. J. Gardenbroek et al.   Colorectal Disease

Host genetic susceptibility, dysbiosis, and viral triggers in inflammatory bowel disease

(2011) Lulu Sun et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

Long term follow-up of appendiceal and distal right-sided colonic inflammation

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The effects of commensal microbiota on immune cell subsets and inflammatory responses

(2011) Takatoshi Chinen et al.   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Role of the microbiota in inflammatory bowel diseases

(2011) Nabeetha A. Nagalingam et al.   INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES

Risk factors for inflammatory bowel diseases according to the “hygiene hypothesis”: A case–control, multi-centre, prospective study in Southern Italy

(2011) Fabiana Castiglione et al.   Journal of Crohns & Colitis

Importance and regulation of the colonic mucus barrier in a mouse model of colitis

(2010) J. Petersson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

The ‘hygiene hypothesis’ for autoimmune and allergic diseases: an update

(2010) H. Okada et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY

Antibiotic use and inflammatory bowel diseases in childhood

(2010) A. Hviid et al.   GUT

Two Atypical Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Strains Induce the Production of Secreted and Membrane-Bound Mucins To Benefit Their Own Growth at the Apical Surface of Human Mucin-Secreting Intestinal HT29-MTX Cells

(2010) M. A. M. Vieira et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Infectious Causes of Appendicitis

(2010) Laura W. Lamps   INFECTIOUS DISEASE CLINICS OF NORTH AMERICA

Role of β7 Integrins in Intestinal Lymphocyte Homing and Retention

(2009) G. Gorfu et al.   CURRENT MOLECULAR MEDICINE

M-cells: origin, morphology and role in mucosal immunity and microbial pathogenesis

(2009) Sinead C. Corr et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic distribution of the mammalian cecal appendix

(2009) H. F. SMITH et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Microbial induction of B and T cell areas in rabbit appendix

(2008) Nicholas B. Hanson et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Role of Intestinal Mucins in Innate Host Defense Mechanisms against Pathogens

(2008) Poonam Dharmani et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

The inner of the two Muc2 mucin-dependent mucus layers in colon is devoid of bacteria

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