… We speculate that the antimicrobial activity limits growth of mucus-associated commensals
as well reduces the establishment of pathogens. A certain commensal community, however, …

… possesses no detectable antimicrobial activity, was recently … the intestinal mucus layer after
being secreted by the epithelial cells.Citation 27 Finally, SIgA within the enteric mucus layer …

… by Paneth cells and secreted into the intestinal lumen.16 ,33 … detected in vivo within the
intestinal mucus layer (figure 1A, B … promote the antibacterial activity in the intestinal mucus layer.…

… and also against our own intestinal microbiota. The outermost of these is the secreted mucus,
which entraps bacteria and … The bactericidal activity is very prominent in the small intestinal …

… , dense mucus fills only the bottom of the intestinal crypts, … Our findings highlight the importance
of mucus in intestinal … Tm also accumulated on top of the inner colon mucus layer in our …

… /or secretion of antimicrobial activities in the small intestinal crypt … intestinal surface shows
that the inner mucus layer remains relatively free of bacteria, whereas the outer mucus layer …

… in the large intestinal mucus layer. In the mouse small intestine it was recently suggested
that indeed the secreted antimicrobial activity localizes to the mucus surface layer. In this study, …

… mice differ from their conventional counterparts, secreted mucus was not analysed in this
study. … before mucus secretion suggests that not only bacterial degradation of specific mucus …

… We speculate that the antimicrobial activity limits growth of mucus-associated commensals
as well reduces the establishment of pathogens. A certain commensal community, however, …

… We speculate that the antimicrobial activity limits growth of mucus-associated commensals
as well reduces the establishment of pathogens. A certain commensal community, however, …