The intestinal barrier function and its involvement in digestive disease;Función barrera intestinal y su implicación en enfermedades digestivas

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 686-696

  Salvo Romero, Eloísa ^a   Alonso Cotoner, Carmen ^a,b   Pardo Camacho, Cristina ^a   Casado Bedmar, Maite ^a   Vicario, María ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intestinal barrier; Intestinal immune; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANTIGEN; B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; CADHERIN; CATHELICIDIN; CLAUDIN; DEFENSIN; DESMOCOLLIN; DESMOGLEIN; DESMOPLAKIN; ELECTROLYTE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INTERLEUKIN 25; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE; MYOSIN; NUCLEASE; OCCLUDIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; PROTEINASE; RHO FACTOR; RIBONUCLEASE; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRICELLULIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG;

CELIAC DISEASE; CELL JUNCTION; FOOD ALLERGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINAL BARRIER FUNCTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE INNERVATION; INTESTINE LYMPHATIC TISSUE; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; IRRITABLE COLON; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PH; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIGHT JUNCTION;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 84951183191     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17235/reed.2015.3846/2015     Document Type: Review

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