Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 3 , Pages 902-912 , September 2005

Epithelial Barrier Function In Vivo Is Sustained Despite Gaps in Epithelial Layers

  • Alastair J.M. Watson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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  • Shaoyou Chu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas
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  • Leah Sieck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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  • Oleg Gerasimenko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
    • Department of Physiology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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  • Tim Bullen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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  • Fiona Campbell

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Royal Liverpool University Hospital Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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  • Michael McKenna

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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  • Tracy Rose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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  • Marshall H. Montrose

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Marshall H. Montrose, PhD, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, University of Cincinnati, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267.fax: (513) 558-5738.

Received 17 July 2004 ,Accepted 26 May 2005.

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 Supported in part by a grant from the HVC Foundation (Grant no. 10).The authors have no competing financial interests.

PII: S0016-5085(05)01117-0

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.06.015

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 3 , Pages 902-912 , September 2005

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