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CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY
卷 32, 期 2, 页码 74-79出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0000000000000243
关键词
claudin; intestinal barrier; occludin; permeability; tight junction; zonulin
资金
- Hughes Sterling Foundation
Purpose of reviewThis article evaluates the current status of the gut barrier in gastrointestinal disorders.Recent findingsThe gut barrier is a complex, multicomponent, interactive, and bidirectional entity that includes, but is not restricted to, the epithelial cell layer. Intestinal permeability, the phenomenon most readily and commonly studied, reflects just one (albeit an important one) function of the barrier that is intimately related to and interacts with luminal contents, including the microbiota. The mucosal immune response also influences barrier integrity; effects of inflammation per se must be accounted for in the interpretation of permeability studies in disease states.SummaryAlthough several aspects of barrier function can be assessed in man, one must be aware of exactly what a given test measures, as well as of its limitations. The temptation to employ results from a test of paracellular flux to imply a role for barrier dysfunction in disorders thought to be based on bacterial or macromolecular translocation must be resisted. Although changes in barrier function have been described in several gastrointestinal disorders, their primacy remains to be defined. At present, few studies support efficacy for an intervention that improves barrier function in altering the natural history of a disease process.
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