Across
- 2. Type of cell which produce mucus
- 4. The reduction in diversity of the microbiome associated with disease
- 5. The microbe free region that maintains a distance between the active microbiome and epithelial cells
- 7. The form of immunoglobulin predominantly fund at mucosal surfaces
- 8. Abbreviation for common adaptive immune tissue found across mucosal sites
- 10. The single flattened epithelial cell layer
- 11. Region of the digestive tract that has the thickest mucus layer
- 14. The protein that gives epithelial cells their structure
- 17. Term used to describe epithelial cells having a distinct top and bottom
- 18. The projections on epithelial cells that waft debris away
- 19. Types of bacteria not associated with pathology
- 20. Sugary proteins that make up mucus
Down
- 1. Liver cells
- 3. Aggregate of lymphoid tissue found at mucosal surfaces
- 6. The connective tissue found under the thin layer of tissues covering a mucous membrane
- 9. The restoration of normal function
- 12. The sensing of bacterial numbers
- 13. The cascade of an immune response which causes an influx of immune cells to a site of infection
- 15. Abbreviation for the tight seal that occurs between adjacent epithelial cells
- 16. The gland that is an atypical mucosa as no mucus is produced
- 17. Epithelial cell type that produces AMPs
