Open AccessIncreased Intestinal Permeability and Decreased Barrier Function: Does It Really Influence the Risk of Inflammation?
Author(s) -
Hiroshi Fukui
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
inflammatory intestinal diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2296-9403
pISSN - 2296-9365
DOI - 10.1159/000447252
Subject(s) - intestinal permeability , medicine , cirrhosis , gastroenterology , irritable bowel syndrome , alcoholic liver disease , proinflammatory cytokine , inflammatory bowel disease , small intestinal bacterial overgrowth , inflammation , steatohepatitis , immunology , disease , fatty liver
Increased intestinal permeability due to barrier dysfunction is supposed to cause microbial translocation which may induce low-grade inflammation in various diseases. However, this series of events has not been comprehensively evaluated yet.
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