Role of Intestinal Mucus on the Uptake of Latex Beads by Peyer's Patches and on Their Transport to Mesenteric Lymph Nodes in Rats

Abstract

These data suggest that the mucus gel layer located in front of Peyer's patches is one of the important factors for the uptake of noxious macromolecules, and this in turn plays a major role on small intestinal permeability and subsequent translocation to MLNs.