Adherent surface mucus gel restricts diffusion of macromolecules in rat duodenum in vivo

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 277, Issue 2 40-2, 1999, Pages

  Flemström, Gunnar ^a,d   Hällgren, Anneli ^a   Nylander, Olof ^a   Engstrand, Lars ^b   Wilander, Erik ^a   Allen, Adrian ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cholera toxin; Chromium labeled EDTA clearance; Duodenal bicarbonate secretion; Glucagon; Helicobacter pylori; Prostaglandin E2; VacA cytotoxin

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; CHOLERA TOXIN; PAPAIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DUODENUM MUCOSA; GEL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MACROMOLECULE; MALE; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032832853     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.277.2.g375     Document Type: Article

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