Enteric glia as friends and foes of the intestinal epithelial barrier function

Abstract

2 Enteric glia and epithelial cells are in proximity and make direct structural and functional connections Enteric glia are present in all layers of the gut (Figure 1A). Within the intestinal mucosa, glial cells are in proximity to the gut epithelium in humans (18) and mice (Figure Frontiers in Immunology frontiersin.org 01