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Stephanie started following the work of Liesbeth Allais, Ghent University, Pathology.
Post-Doc, Medicine and Health Sciences
PhD
Thesis Title: The effect of cigarette smoke on mucosal immunity in the small intestine
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Claude Cuvelier
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About
Study of the immune system in the gut, more in particular the Peyer's patches and the epithelium covering Peyer's patches, the follicle-associated epithelium (FAE).
FAE is the site where the first lesions in Crohn's disease (CD), a chronic inflammatory disease of the bowel, are found. Smokers have a higher risk for developing CD, but the role of cigarette smoke in the pathogenesis of CD is poorly understood. A better understanding of the influence of smoke on the immune system of the gut will help us to understand why smokers are more vulnerable to develop CD.
