Effects of wheat germ agglutinin on human gastrointestinal epithelium: Insights from an experimental model of immune/epithelial cell interaction

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 237, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 146-153

  Pellegrina, Chiara Dalla ^a   Perbellini, Omar ^a   Scupoli, Maria Teresa ^a   Tomelleri, Carlo ^a   Zanetti, Chiara ^a   Zoccatelli, Gianni ^a   Fusi, Marina ^a   Peruffo, Angelo ^a   Rizzi, Corrado ^a   Chignola, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caco2 cells; Gastrointestinal epithelium; Peripheral blood mononuclear cells; Pro inflammatory cytokines; Transepithelial electrical resistance; Wheat germ agglutinin

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LECTIN; MANNITOL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; BASOLATERAL MEMBRANE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIETARY INTAKE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOMACH EPITHELIUM; SUPERNATANT; TRANSCYTOSIS; WHEAT;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOKINES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININS;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 67349221729     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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