Intestinal Barrier and Permeability in Health, Obesity and NAFLD

The largest surface of the human body exposed to the external environment is the gut. At this level, the intestinal barrier includes luminal microbes, the mucin layer, gastrointestinal motility and secretion, enterocytes, immune cells, gut vascular barrier, and liver barrier. A healthy intestinal ba...

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Published in:Biomedicines
Main Authors: Piero Portincasa, Leonilde Bonfrate, Mohamad Khalil, Maria De Angelis, Francesco Maria Calabrese, Mauro D’Amato, David Q.-H. Wang, Agostino Di Ciaula
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9059/10/1/83