Early weaning stimulates intestinal brush border enzyme activities in piglets, mainly at the posttranscriptional level

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 401-410

  Marion, Julia ^a   Petersen, Yvette Miata ^b   Romé, Véronique ^a   Thomas, Françoise ^a   Sangild, Per Torp ^b   Dividich, Jean Le ^a   Huërou Luron, Isabelle Le ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Feed intake level; Intestinal development; Intestinal gene expression; Postweaning anorexia

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; DISACCHARIDASE; GLUTAMYL AMINOPEPTIDASE; INTESTINE ENZYME; LACTASE; MICROSOMAL AMINOPEPTIDASE; PEPTIDASE; RNA; SUCRASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE VILLUS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; WEANING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DISACCHARIDASES; ENZYME INDUCTION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MICROVILLI; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; WEANING;

EID: 26044472343     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpg.0000177704.99786.07     Document Type: Article

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