Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 288-298 , January 2009

Polymeric Binders Suppress Gliadin-Induced Toxicity in the Intestinal Epithelium

  • Maud Pinier

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
  • ,
  • Elena F. Verdu

      Affiliations

    • Intestinal Disease Research Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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  • Mohamad Nasser–Eddine

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
  • ,
  • Chella S. David

      Affiliations

    • Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, New York
  • ,
  • Anne Vézina

      Affiliations

    • CIHR Team in Digestive Epithelium, Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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  • Nathalie Rivard

      Affiliations

    • CIHR Team in Digestive Epithelium, Department of Anatomy and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada
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  • Jean–Christophe Leroux

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: Jean–Christophe Leroux, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. fax: (514) 343-6455

Received 22 February 2008 ,Accepted 11 September 2008.

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 The authors disclose the following: Supported by the Canadian Celiac Association, Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (to N.R.), National Institutes of Health DK 071003 (to C.S.D.), CAG/CIHR New Investigator Establishment Award (to E.F.V.), and the Canada Research Chair program.

PII: S0016-5085(08)01681-8

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.09.016

Gastroenterology
Volume 136, Issue 1 , Pages 288-298 , January 2009