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The Mucosal Barrier & Immunity: How The Microbiome Optimises our Defences

  • May 21 2020
Learning objectives:
  • The importance of the mucosal barrier in the GIT as a part of the innate immune system
  • Anti-microbial and innate immune peptides stored in the mucosal barrier and their functions
  • What happens when the mucosal barrier thins – the role of a degraded mucin lining in local and systemic diseases
  • The microbes that play a role in protecting or degrading the mucosal barrier and testing for them
  • Foods, fibres, phytochemicals and nutrients that support the bacteria that support the mucosal lining and the innate immune response
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