Cellular zinc is required for intestinal epithelial barrier maintenance via the regulation of claudin-3 and occludin expression

The zinc sensing receptor, ZnR/GPR39, controls proliferation and differentiation of colonocytes and thereby tight junction formation in the colon

(2014) L Cohen et al.   Cell Death & Disease

Regulation of intestinal epithelial permeability by tight junctions

(2012) Takuya Suzuki   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Zinc Supplementation Modifies Tight Junctions and Alters Barrier Function of CACO-2 Human Intestinal Epithelial Layers

(2012) Xuexuan Wang et al.   DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND SCIENCES

Glutamine Treatment Attenuates Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Apoptosis in TNBS-Induced Colitis

(2012) Irene Crespo et al.   PLoS One

Pro-inflammatory NF-κB and early growth response gene 1 regulate epithelial barrier disruption by food additive carrageenan in human intestinal epithelial cells

(2012) Hye Jin Choi et al.   TOXICOLOGY LETTERS

Occludin regulates macromolecule flux across the intestinal epithelial tight junction barrier

(2011) Rana Al-Sadi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Anti-invasive activity of histone deacetylase inhibitors via the induction of Egr-1 and the modulation of tight junction-related proteins in human hepatocarcinoma cells

(2011) Sung-Ok Kim et al.   BMB Reports

Marginal Zinc Deficiency Exacerbates Experimental Colitis Induced by Dextran Sulfate Sodium in Rats

(2011) Hitoshi Iwaya et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Claudin-3 acts as a sealing component of the tight junction for ions of either charge and uncharged solutes

(2010) Susanne Milatz et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Supplemental zinc reduced intestinal permeability by enhancing occludin and zonula occludens protein-1 (ZO-1) expression in weaning piglets

(2009) Bingkun Zhang et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

TLR2-Induced Calpain Cleavage of Epithelial Junctional Proteins Facilitates Leukocyte Transmigration

(2009) Jarin Chun et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Cholesterol efflux stimulates metalloproteinase-mediated cleavage of occludin and release of extracellular membrane particles containing its C-terminal fragments

(2009) Elizabeth Casas et al.   EXPERIMENTAL CELL RESEARCH

Quercetin Enhances Intestinal Barrier Function through the Assembly of Zonnula Occludens-2, Occludin, and Claudin-1 and the Expression of Claudin-4 in Caco-2 Cells

(2009) Takuya Suzuki et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Unique Role of Junctional Adhesion Molecule-A in Maintaining Mucosal Homeostasis in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

(2008) Stefania Vetrano et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

PKC  regulates occludin phosphorylation and epithelial tight junction integrity

(2008) T. Suzuki et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA