In a paper published in Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, researchers found a mechanism that triggers in the gut immune system, causing the body’s immune system to attack food particles in order to clear out unwanted excrement.
This protein is found in the lining of the small intestine and in large immune-producing cells, called Caco2+ cells, but its function was not well understood until now.
Given that the monocyte-derived IL-10 was the most prevalent inflammatory mediator in the study, it is possible that the mechanism underlying monocyte-induced IL-10 in obstructing the ability of other related cells in the gut to signal to tissue injury, is unreasonable.
