Zonulin and its regulation of intestinal barrier function: the biological door to inflammation, autoimmunity, and cancer

The primary functions of the gastrointestinal tract have traditionally been perceived to be limited to the digestion and absorption of nutrients and to electrolytes and water homeostasis. A more attentive analysis of the anatomic and functional arrangement of the gastrointestinal tract, however, sug...

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Published in:	Physiological reviews Vol. 91; no. 1; p. 151
Main Author:	Fasano, Alessio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.01.2011
Subjects:	Animals Autoimmune Diseases - metabolism Cholera Toxin - metabolism Humans Inflammation - metabolism Intestinal Mucosa - metabolism Neoplasms - metabolism Permeability Tight Junctions - metabolism
ISSN:	1522-1210, 1522-1210
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