Importance of disrupted intestinal barrier in inflammatory bowel diseases

SY Salim, JD Söderholm - Inflammatory bowel diseases, 2011‏ - academic.oup.com
The current paradigm of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), both Crohn's disease (CD) and
ulcerative colitis (UC), involves the interaction between environmental factors in the …

Claudins and other tight junction proteins

D Günzel, M Fromm - Comprehensive Physiology, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Epithelial transport relies on the proper function and regulation of the tight junction (TJ),
other‐wise uncontrolled paracellular leakage of solutes and water would occur. They also …

Metabolic adaptation to a high-fat diet is associated with a change in the gut microbiota

M Serino, E Luche, S Gres, A Baylac, M Bergé… - Gut, 2012‏ - gut.bmj.com
Objective The gut microbiota, which is considered a causal factor in metabolic diseases as
shown best in animals, is under the dual influence of the host genome and nutritional …

A gut microbial metabolite of linoleic acid, 10-hydroxy-cis-12-octadecenoic acid, ameliorates intestinal epithelial barrier impairment partially via GPR40-MEK-ERK …

J Miyamoto, T Mizukure, SB Park, S Kishino… - Journal of Biological …, 2015‏ - jbc.org
Gut microbial metabolites of polyunsaturated fatty acids have attracted much attention
because of their various physiological properties. Dysfunction of tight junction (TJ) in the …

Mechanism and consequence of chitosan-mediated reversible epithelial tight junction opening

TH Yeh, LW Hsu, MT Tseng, PL Lee, K Sonjae, YC Ho… - Biomaterials, 2011‏ - Elsevier
In order to increase the absorption of hydrophilic macromolecules in the small intestine,
permeation enhancers such as chitosan (CS) and its derivatives have been evaluated. The …

Claudins in intestines: Distribution and functional significance in health and diseases

Z Lu, L Ding, Q Lu, YH Chen - Tissue barriers, 2013‏ - Taylor & Francis
Intestines are organs that not only digest food and absorb nutrients, but also provide a
defense barrier against pathogens and noxious agents ingested. Tight junctions (TJs) are …

The interplay between herbal medicines and gut microbiota in metabolic diseases

L Wang, X Gou, Y Ding, J Liu, Y Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2023‏ - frontiersin.org
Globally, metabolic diseases are becoming a major public health problem. Herbal
medicines are medicinal materials or preparations derived from plants and are widely used …

Baizhu shaoyao decoction restores the intestinal barrier and brain–gut axis balance to alleviate diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome via FoxO1/FoxO3a

Y Wei, Y Fan, S Huang, J Lv, Y Zhang, Z Hao - Phytomedicine, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Background Diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS-D) is a common functional
gastrointestinal disease. Besides, baizhu shaoyao decoction (BSD) is an effective treatment …

Molecular modulation of intestinal epithelial barrier: contribution of microbiota

R Sharma, C Young, J Neu - BioMed Research International, 2010‏ - Wiley Online Library
The daunting task required of the gut‐barrier to prevent luminal pathogens and harmful
substances from entering into the internal milieu and yet promoting digestion and absorption …

Direct and indirect effects of pathogenic bacteria on the integrity of intestinal barrier

LZ Shu, YD Ding, QM Xue, W Cai… - Therapeutic Advances …, 2023‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Bacterial translocation is a pathological process involving migration of pathogenic bacteria
across the intestinal barrier to enter the systemic circulation and gain access to distant …