Marked differences in tight junction composition and macromolecular permeability among different intestinal cell types

BACKGROUND: Mammalian small intestinal tight junctions (TJ) link epithelial cells to one another and function as a permselective barrier, strictly modulating the passage of ions and macromolecules through the pore and leak pathways, respectively, thereby preventing the absorption of harmful compound...

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Published in:BMC Biol
Main Authors: Pearce, Sarah C., Al-Jawadi, Arwa, Kishida, Kunihiro, Yu, Shiyan, Hu, Madeleine, Fritzky, Luke F., Edelblum, Karen L., Gao, Nan, Ferraris, Ronaldo P.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2018
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5793346/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29391007
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-018-0481-z
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