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ArticleJournal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition2009

Intestinal inflammation in rats induces metallothionein in colonic submucosa.

Yasmin Al-Gindan, Mohammed Shawarby, Amy Noto, Carla G Taylor

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Article in Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Transition metals and host-microbe interactions in the inflamed intestine.Biometals : an international journal on the role of metal ions in biology, biochemistry, and medicine · 2019
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  3. Herbal substance, acteoside, alleviates intestinal mucositis in mice.Gastroenterology research and practice · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yasmin Al-GindanDepartment of Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, MB R3T 2N2, Canada.
Mohammed Shawarby
Amy Noto
Carla G Taylor
University of Manitoba · CAKing Faisal University · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to determine if induction of metallothionein (MT) via acute or chronic dietary zinc supplementation attenuates intestinal inflammation, and to investigate the relationship with site-specific intestinal MT determined by immunolocalization. Growing rats were assigned to zinc-deficient (ZD), acute zinc-treated (ZT), pair-fed, control or chronic Zn-supplemented (ZS) groups. Half the rats in each dietary group received 5% dextran sulphate sodium (DSS) in their drinking water for 4 days. DSS treatment produced acute intestinal inflammation in the colon only, however, dietary zinc deficiency, acute zinc treatment or chronic zinc supplementation did not alter the severity of ulceration. Serum zinc concentrations were attenuated in the DSS-challenged ZT and ZS groups suggesting that zinc was being utilized in some capacity in response to inflammation. DSS-challenge induced MT immunostaining in the colonic submucosa, however, MT was not associated with histological improvements in the present study. The site-specific MT induction in colonic submucosa during intestinal inflammation requires further clarification as a component of the host defense.

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inflammationintestinemetallothioneinzinc

Identifiers

PMID19308267
PMCPMC2654469
OpenAlexW2105471161

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