The application of Ussing chambers for determining the impact of microbes and probiotics on intestinal ion transport

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 663-670

  Lomasney, Kevin W ^a,b   Hyland, Niall P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ion secretion; Microbiota; Probiotics; Ussing chamber

Indexed keywords

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; INTESTINAL SECRETION; INTESTINE FLORA; ION TRANSPORT; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINAL SECRETIONS; INTESTINES; ION TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PROBIOTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84883285752     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: 12057541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjpp-2013-0027     Document Type: Article

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