Glutamine enhances tight junction protein expression and modulates corticotropin-releasing factor signaling in the jejunum of piglets

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-31

  Wang, Hao ^a   Zhang, Chen ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^a,b   Sun, Yuli ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   He, Beibei ^a   Dai, Zhaolai ^a   Wu, Zhenlong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor; Glutamine; Pigs; Small intestine; Tight junction; Weaning stress

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 1; CLAUDIN 3; CLAUDIN 4; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUTAMINE; LACTULOSE; MANNITOL; MESSENGER RNA; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2; PROTEIN ZO3; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONULA OCCLUDENS PROTEIN; CLAUDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; INTESTINE VILLUS ATROPHY; JEJUNUM; MAIZE; MORPHOLOGY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOYBEAN; SUCKLING ANIMAL; WEANING; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; METABOLISM; SWINE;

GLYCINE MAX; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALS; CLAUDINS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMINE; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; JEJUNUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUS SCROFA; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEINS; WEANING; ZONULA OCCLUDENS PROTEINS;

EID: 84919777118     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.202515     Document Type: Article

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