title: Is the intestinal goblet cell a major immune cell?
abstract: Recent reports indicate that both the inflammasome (Wlodarska et al., 2014) and autophagy (Patel et al., 2013) pathways in goblet cells control mucin secretion, defects in which are linked to difficulties in clearing pathogenic bacteria and maintaining intestinal homeostasis and control colitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
authors.forename: Malin E V
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. Electronic address: gunnar.hansson@medkem.gu.se.
authors.forename: Gunnar C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Hansson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001343:Autophagy; D003106:Colon / Q000276:immunology*; D020397:Goblet Cells / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D058847:Inflammasomes / Q000276:immunology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology*; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D058847:Inflammasomes; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D011956:Receptors, Cell Surface