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Endotoxemia
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Gut Barrier Dysfunction
Gut barrier dysfunction -- colloquially "leaky gut" -- is the pathological increase in intestinal permeability that permits translocation of bacteria, bacterial products (LPS, peptidoglycan), metals, and dietary antigens from the gut lumen into the systemic circulation.…
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Intestinal Permeability
The intestinal epithelium is a single-cell-thick barrier separating the lumen -- home to trillions of microbes and ingested metals -- from the systemic circulation. When this barrier fails, the consequences cascade: microbial products translocate, metals gain unrestrict…
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Tight Junctions
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Zonulin
A protein (pre-haptoglobin-2) that reversibly modulates tight junction permeability in the intestinal epithelium. Identified by Alessio Fasano in 2000, zonulin is the only known physiological regulator of intestinal paracellular permeability and has become the most wide…