In the present review, current knowledge on mucosal barrier and its role in disease prevention and therapy is summarized. First, the relevant terms 'intestinal barrier' and 'intestinal ...
Can an "unhealthy" intestinal microbiota impair the mucosal immune system through an excessively permeable mucosal barrier, and thus perturb bowel physiology and sensory perception? Can we look at ...
Increased propensity for leaky gut Normally, the intestinal mucosa act as a protective barrier that also allows nutrients and water to pass through it. In some autoimmune diseases, the intestinal ...
My current research project uses stem cell organogenesis to examine H. pylori infection in the human stomach and determine whether infection upregulates epithelial ST6Gal-I expression, a ...