Differential roles of the fish chitinous membrane in gut barrier immunity and digestive compartments
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DOI: 10.15252/embr.202256645
Abstract: The chitin‐based peritrophic matrix (PM) is a structure critical for both gut immunity and digestion in invertebrates. PM was traditionally considered lost in all vertebrates, but a PM‐like chitinous membrane (CM) has recently been discovered… read more here.
Keywords: gut; chitinous membrane; immunity; physiology ... See more keywords