The role of intestinal epithelial barrier function in the development of NEC

Tissue Barriers

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Halpern, Melissa D ^a   Denning, Patricia W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apical junctional complex; Commensal bacteria; Intestinal epithelial barrier; Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC); Prematurity; Probiotics; Tight junctions

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; BETA DEFENSIN; BILE ACID; CATHELICIDIN; CLAUDIN 2; CLAUDIN 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTESTINAL TREFOIL FACTOR; LYSOZYME; MESSENGER RNA; MUCIN; OCCLUDIN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN ZO1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TIGHT JUNCTION PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); ENTERITIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL BARRIER; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PANETH CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION;

EID: 84964026411     PISSN: 21688362     EISSN: 21688370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21688370.2014.1000707     Document Type: Review

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