Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) result from the nexus of a genetic predisposition, dysregulated immunologic insult against commensal microflora, and an environmental trigger. The intestinal epithelium is a single cell layer that separates a highly active mucosal immune system from a large antigenic load in the intestinal lumen. Innate immune recognition combined with a highly regulated adaptive immune response maintains this tolerance. The intestinal epithelium in collusion with antigen presenting cells primarily modulates this activity. In this thesis, we show that, in response to DNA isolated from bacteria, innate toll like receptor 9 (TLR9) activation in intestinal epithelial cells modulates both arms of the immune system, to regulate intestinal homeostasis, and through this mechanism, Bifidobacteria breve DNA exerts its anti-inflammatory function. / Experimental Medicine
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:AEU.10048/594 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Backer, Jody Lynn |
| Contributors | Karen Madsen (Medicine), Richard Fedorak (Medicine), Catherine Feild (Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science), Michael Gnzle ( Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science) |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | 2437161 bytes, application/pdf |
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