Alpha-tocopherylquinone differentially modulates claudins to enhance intestinal epithelial tight junction barrier via AhR and Nrf2 pathways

Summary: Defects in intestinal epithelial tight junctions (TJs) allow paracellular permeation of noxious luminal antigens and are important pathogenic factors in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We show that alpha-tocopherylquinone (TQ), a quinone-structured oxidation product of vitamin E, consiste...

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Main Authors: Ashwinkumar Subramenium Ganapathy, Kushal Saha, Alexandra Wang, Priya Arumugam, Viszwapriya Dharmaprakash, Gregory Yochum, Walter Koltun, Meghali Nighot, Gary Perdew, Todd A. Thompson, Thomas Ma, Prashant Nighot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:Cell Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124723007167

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