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Received: May 8, 2000 / Accepted: May 26, 2000
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Pitman, R., Blumberg, R. First line of defense: the role of the intestinal epithelium as an active component of the mucosal immune system. J Gastroenterol 35, 805–814 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s005350070017
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