The role of mucoprotectants in the management of gastrointestinal disorders

Xyloglucan for the treatment of acute diarrhea: results of a randomized, controlled, open-label, parallel group, multicentre, national clinical trial

(2015) Lucio Gnessi et al.   BMC GASTROENTEROLOGY

Cell death at the intestinal epithelial front line

(2015) Maria Eugenia Delgado et al.   FEBS Journal

Role of the normal gut microbiota

(2015) Sai Manasa Jandhyala   WORLD JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Gelatin tannate ameliorates acute colitis in mice by reinforcing mucus layer and modulating gut microbiota composition: Emerging role for ‘gut barrier protectors’ in IBD?

(2014) Franco Scaldaferri et al.   United European Gastroenterology Journal

Luminal Cysteine-Proteases Degrade Colonic Tight Junction Structure and Are Responsible for Abdominal Pain in Constipation-Predominant IBS

(2013) Anita Annaházi et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY

Glycobiome: Bacteria and mucus at the epithelial interface

(2013) Janneke P. Ouwerkerk et al.   BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH IN CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY

Gelatin tannate as treatment for acute diarrhea in children: A prospective, randomized, parallel study

(2013) M. Aloi et al.   DIGESTIVE AND LIVER DISEASE

Breaks in the wall: increased gaps in the intestinal epithelium of irritable bowel syndrome patients identified by confocal laser endomicroscopy (with videos)

(2013) Jean-Francois Turcotte et al.   GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY

Bacteria penetrate the normally impenetrable inner colon mucus layer in both murine colitis models and patients with ulcerative colitis

(2013) Malin E V Johansson et al.   GUT

The gastrointestinal mucus system in health and disease

(2013) Malin E. V. Johansson et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Dysfunction in Disease and Possible Therapeutical Interventions

(2012) R.-M. Catalioto et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Acute Diarrhea in Adults and Children

(2012) Michael Farthing et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL GASTROENTEROLOGY

Determinants of colonic barrier function in inflammatory bowel disease and potential therapeutics

(2012) Nina A. Hering et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Reciprocal interactions of the intestinal microbiota and immune system

(2012) Craig L. Maynard et al.   NATURE

The migrating motor complex: control mechanisms and its role in health and disease

(2012) Eveline Deloose et al.   Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology

Intestinal barrier function in health and gastrointestinal disease

(2012) M. Camilleri et al.   NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

Human  -Defensin 6 Promotes Mucosal Innate Immunity Through Self-Assembled Peptide Nanonets

(2012) H. Chu et al.   SCIENCE

NLRP6 Inflammasome Regulates Colonic Microbial Ecology and Risk for Colitis

(2011) Eran Elinav et al.   CELL

Role of mucus layers in gut infection and inflammation

(2011) Gunnar C Hansson   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Bifidobacteria can protect from enteropathogenic infection through production of acetate

(2011) Shinji Fukuda et al.   NATURE

The Antibacterial Lectin RegIII  Promotes the Spatial Segregation of Microbiota and Host in the Intestine

(2011) S. Vaishnava et al.   SCIENCE

Lactobacillus plantarum ameliorates colonic epithelial barrier dysfunction by modulating the apical junctional complex and PepT1 in IL-10 knockout mice

(2010) Hong-Qi Chen et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Genetic Risk Factors for Post-Infectious Irritable Bowel Syndrome Following a Waterborne Outbreak of Gastroenteritis

(2010) Alexandra–Chloé Villani et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

The intestinal barrier and its regulation by neuroimmune factors

(2010) å. v. Keita et al.   NEUROGASTROENTEROLOGY AND MOTILITY

Bacteria Penetrate the Inner Mucus Layer before Inflammation in the Dextran Sulfate Colitis Model

(2010) Malin E. V. Johansson et al.   PLoS One

The two mucus layers of colon are organized by the MUC2 mucin, whereas the outer layer is a legislator of host-microbial interactions

(2010) M. E. V. Johansson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A comparative analysis of response to ORS (oral rehydration solution) vs. ORS + gelatin tannate in two cohorts of pediatric patients with acute diarrhea

(2010) J. Esteban Carretero et al.   REVISTA ESPANOLA DE ENFERMEDADES DIGESTIVAS

Mechanism of cytokine modulation of epithelial tight junction barrier

(2009) Rana Al-Sadi   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

Gap junction hemichannels contribute to the generation of diarrhoea during infectious enteric disease

(2009) J. A. Guttman et al.   GUT

The bacterial signal indole increases epithelial-cell tight-junction resistance and attenuates indicators of inflammation

(2009) T. Bansal et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Comparative genomic analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG reveals pili containing a human- mucus binding protein

(2009) M. Kankainen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tight junctions as targets of infectious agents

(2008) Julian A. Guttman et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Targeted Epithelial Tight Junction Dysfunction Causes Immune Activation and Contributes to Development of Experimental Colitis

(2008) Liping Su et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Structural and functional changes of the duodenum in human norovirus infection

(2008) H. Troeger et al.   GUT

Increased faecal serine protease activity in diarrhoeic IBS patients: a colonic lumenal factor impairing colonic permeability and sensitivity

(2008) K. Gecse et al.   GUT

The inner of the two Muc2 mucin-dependent mucus layers in colon is devoid of bacteria

(2008) M. E. V. Johansson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA