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1: Lancet. 2000 Apr 29;355(9214):1518-9.Click here to read Links
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Lancet. 2001 Nov 17;358(9294):1729-30.

Zonulin, a newly discovered modulator of intestinal permeability, and its expression in coeliac disease.

We identified zonulin, a novel human protein analogue to the Vibrio cholerae derived Zonula occludens toxin, which induces tight junction disassembly and a subsequent increase in intestinal permeability in non-human primate intestinal epithelia. Zonulin expression was raised in intestinal tissues during the acute phase of coeliac disease, a clinical condition in which tight junctions are opened and permeability is increased.

PMID: 10801176 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]