Gunnar C. Hansson

Research interests

Publications

• The mucus and mucins of the goblet cells and enterocytes provide the first defense line of the gastrointestinal tract and interact with the immune system

  Immunological Reviews · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1111/imr.12182

• The gastrointestinal mucus system in health and disease

  Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nrgastro.2013.35

• Bacteria penetrate the normally impenetrable inner colon mucus layer in both murine colitis models and patients with ulcerative colitis

  Gut · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303207

• The two mucus layers of colon are organized by the MUC2 mucin, whereas the outer layer is a legislator of host–microbial interactions

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1006451107

• The inner of the two Muc2 mucin-dependent mucus layers in colon is devoid of bacteria

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0803124105

Current projects

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