Oral activated charcoal adsorbent (AST-120) ameliorates chronic kidney disease-induced intestinal epithelial barrier disruption.

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) impairs intestinal barrier function which by allowing influx of noxious products causes systemic inflammation. We have recently shown that intestinal barrier dysfunction in CKD is due to degradation of epithelial tight junction (TJ) which is, in part, mediate...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Nephrology Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 518 - 526
Autores principales: Vaziri, Nosratola D, Yuan, Jun, Khazaeli, Mahyar, Masuda, Yuichi, Ichii, Hirohito, Liu, Shuman
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: Karger AG Jun2013
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