Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Cell. 2014 Jul 17;158(2):239-240. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2014.06.040.
Gastrointestinal motility causes movement of food during digestion through contractions of the gut smooth muscle. The enteric nervous system regulates these events, and Muller et al. now find that its interaction with the immune system, in concert with gut microbiota, provides an additional layer of regulation to this complex task.
胃肠道蠕动通过肠道平滑肌的收缩促进消化过程中的食物移动。肠神经系统调节这些事件,而 Muller 等人现在发现,它与免疫系统的相互作用,以及与肠道微生物群一起,为这一复杂任务提供了额外的调节层。