Dr. Jon B. Meddings, Professor for the Department of Internal Medicine and GI Division Head at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta discusses how abnormal permeability of the epithelial wall affects the gut mucosal immune system. Using both animal and human data, Dr. Meddings reviews the cause and effect relationship between abnormal permeability and Crohn’s disease and examines the genetic and environmental factors associated with abnormal permeability.


Approx. 31 minutes
47 slides
Date: 2004/02
Location: Banff, Alberta