Systemic Manifestations of Mucosal Diseases: Trafficking of Gut Immune Cells to Joint, Liver, and Pancreas
: Salmi M, Adams DH, Trivedi P, Hänninen A, Jalkanen S
: Mestecky J, Strober W, Russel MW, Cheroutre H, Lambrecht BN, Kelsall BL
: Massachusetts
: 2015
: Mucosal Immunology
: 1
: 1749
: 1758
: 978-0-12-415847-4
: 978-0-12-415975-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-415847-4.00090-2
Infections and inflammations in the gut are often connected to extra-intestinal manifestations in distant organs such as liver, joint, pancreas, eye, and skin. Although several factors including genetic inheritance, gut microbiota, and epithelial permeability have a role in the etiopathogenesis of these extra-intestinal diseases, aberrant and harmful accumulation of leukocytes in the distant organs directly causes the inflammatory symptoms. In this chapter, we concentrate on the mechanisms regulating the traffic of gut-derived lymphocytes to liver, joint, and pancreas and present the most recent achievements in drug development aiming at controlling harmful leukocyte trafficking in clinical trials.