Novel 3D Flipwell system that models gut mucosal microenvironment for studying interactions between gut microbiota, epithelia and immunity
Cell lines Caco-2 human colon epithelial cells were obtained from American Tissue Culture Collection (ATCC, CAT#: HTB-37, Manassas, VA). THP-1 human monocytic cells were obtained from ATCC (CAT#: TIB-202). HT29-MTX-E12 cells, mucous-secreting human intestinal cells, were obtained from Millipore Sigma (CAT#: 12040401, Burlington, MA). Bacillus subtilis (3A1T (wild-type)) strain was obtained from Bacillus Genetic Stock …