Breakdown of mucin as barrier to digestive enzymes in the ischemic rat small intestine.

Loss of integrity of the epithelial/mucosal barrier in the small intestine has been associated with different pathologies that originate and/or develop in the gastrointestinal tract. We showed recently that mucin, the main protein in the mucus layer, is disrupted during early periods of intestinal i...

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Main Authors: Marisol Chang, Tom Alsaigh, Erik B Kistler, Geert W Schmid-Schönbein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3387149?pdf=render