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Lactobacillus plantarum MB452 enhances the function of the intestinal barrier by increasing the expression levels of genes involved in tight junction formation

BMC Microbiology, 2010
Background Intestinal barrier function is important for preserving health, as a compromised barrier allows antigen entry and can induce inflammatory diseases.
McCann Mark J, Park Zaneta, McNabb Warren C, Cookson Adrian L, Anderson Rachel C, Kelly William J, Roy Nicole C   +6 more
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The ACE2 Receptor for Coronavirus Entry Is Localized at Apical Cell—Cell Junctions of Epithelial Cells

Cells, 2022
Transmembrane proteins of adherens and tight junctions are known targets for viruses and bacterial toxins. The coronavirus receptor ACE2 has been localized at the apical surface of epithelial cells, but it is not clear whether ACE2 is localized at apical
Florian Rouaud, Isabelle Méan, Sandra Citi   +2 more
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ZOning out Tight Junctions [PDF]

Cell, 2006
The tight junction is an intricate seal between adjoining epithelial cells that also separates the apical and basolateral membranes within these cells. A paper in this issue of Cell by Umeda et al. (2006) demonstrates that loss of the ZO scaffolding proteins prevents the formation of tight junctions but surprisingly does not perturb apico-basal ...
Shin, K, Margolis, B
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Tight junction proteins.

Biochimica et biophysica acta, 1998
A fundamental function of epithelia and endothelia is to separate different compartments within the organism and to regulate the exchange of substances between them. The tight junction (TJ) constitutes the barrier both to the passage of ions and molecules through the paracellular pathway and to the movement of proteins and lipids between the apical and
CITI, SANDRA, CORDENONSI, MICHELANGELO
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Interplay between tight junctions & adherens junctions [PDF]

Experimental Cell Research, 2017
Cell-cell adhesions are critical for the development and maintenance of tissues. Present at sites of cell-cell contact are the adherens junctions and tight junctions. The adherens junctions mediate cell-cell adhesion via the actions of nectins and cadherins.
Hannah K, Campbell, Jessica L, Maiers, Kris A, DeMali   +2 more
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Claudin-2-dependent paracellular channels are dynamically gated

eLife, 2015
Intercellular tight junctions form selectively permeable barriers that seal the paracellular space. Trans-tight junction flux has been measured across large epithelial surfaces, but conductance across individual channels has never been measured.
Christopher R Weber, Guo Hua Liang, Yitang Wang, Sudipto Das, Le Shen, Alan S L Yu, Deborah J Nelson, Jerrold R Turner   +7 more
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Tight junction protein ZO-1 in Kawasaki disease

BMC Pediatrics, 2021
Background Kawasaki disease (KD) is a form of systemic febrile vasculitis that is complicated with coronary artery lesions (CAL). The tight junctions that maintain the intestinal barrier also play a role in systemic inflammatory diseases.
Wan-Tz Lai, Hung-Chang Lee, Ying-Hsien Huang, Mao-Hung Lo, Ho-Chang Kuo   +4 more
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Gallic acid serves as an effective therapeutic agent of inflammatory bowel disease: Pharmacological impacts on tight junction-dependent intestinal permeability in vivo and its related intracellular signaling

Current Research in Pharmacology and Drug Discovery
Intestinal tight junction disruption contributes to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). We have recently reported that gallic acid was able to enhance intestinal tight junction assembly via CaMKK-β/AMPK/SIRT-1/ERK-dependent mechanisms ...
Apiwan Arinno, Pichayapa Sukmak, Purisha Kulworasreth, Thaniya Sricharunrat, Chutima S. Vaddhanaphuti, Pawin Pongkorpsakol   +5 more
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HSP105 inhibition downregulates store-operated calcium entry and promotes acute UVB-induced tight junction disruption.

PLoS ONE
BackgroundTight junction abnormalities are a common feature of inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis and contribute to systemic immune responses.
Kaiyi Zhou, Siyu Luo, Qinxiao Wang, Qian Ye, Sheng Fang   +4 more
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Cardiotoxic drugs Herceptin and doxorubicin inhibit cardiac microvascular endothelial cell barrier formation resulting in increased drug permeability

Biology Open, 2016
Cardiotoxicity induced by anti-cancer therapeutics is a severe, and potentially fatal, adverse reaction of the heart in response to certain drugs. Current in vitro approaches to assess cardiotoxicity have focused on analysing cardiomyocytes.
Emma L. Wilkinson, James E. Sidaway, Michael J. Cross   +2 more
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