The influence of small intestinal mucus structure on particle transport ex vivo

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Volumn 135, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-80

  Bajka, Balázs H ^a   Rigby, Neil M ^a   Cross, Kathryn L ^a   Macierzanka, Adam ^a,b   Mackie, Alan R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

MUC2; Mucus; Particle transport; Small intestine; Structure

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LATEXES; PARTICLE SEPARATORS; PORE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MUC2; MUCUS; NUTRIENT ABSORPTION; PARTICLE TRANSPORT; SMALL INTESTINE;

BODY FLUIDS;

BILE SALT; MUCIN 2; MICROSPHERE; MUC2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; NANOPARTICLE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; EX VIVO STUDY; HISTOLOGY; ILEUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; INTESTINE VILLUS; JEJUNUM; MOUSE; MUCUS; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PIG; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SMALL INTESTINE; SMALL INTESTINE MUCUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM;

SUS;

ANIMALS; ILEUM; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; JEJUNUM; MICE; MICROSPHERES; MUCIN-2; MUCUS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SWINE;

EID: 84938402367     PISSN: 09277765     EISSN: 18734367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.07.038     Document Type: Article

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