title: Epithelial cells as sensors for microbial infection.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093-0623, USA. mkagnoff@ucsd.edu
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Kagnoff
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eckmann
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004848:Epithelium / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology*