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ArticleNutrients2015

Partial Enteral Nutrition Preserves Elements of Gut Barrier Function, Including Innate Immunity, Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase (IAP) Level, and Intestinal Microbiota in Mice.

Xiao Wan, Jingcheng Bi, Xuejin Gao, Feng Tian, Xinying Wang, Ning Li, Jieshou Li

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Article in Nutrients, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Xiao WanDepartment of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China. van395412495@sina.cn.
Jingcheng BiDepartment of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China. ahbijingcheng@163.com.
Xuejin GaoDepartment of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China. xuejingao870214@163.com.
Feng TianDepartment of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China. easyhard666@163.com.
Xinying WangDepartment of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China. wxinying@263.net.
Ning LiDepartment of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China. ninglijinling@163.com.
Jieshou LiDepartment of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China. lijieshouarmy@yeah.net.
Jinling Institute of Technology · CNNanjing General Hospital of Nanjing Military Command · CNNanjing University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lack of enteral nutrition (EN) during parenteral nutrition (PN) leads to higher incidence of infection because of gut barrier dysfunction. However, the effects of partial EN on intestina linnate immunity, intestinal alkaline phosphatase (IAP) and microbiota remain unclear. The mice were randomized into six groups to receive either standard chow or isocaloric and isonitrogenous nutritional support with variable partial EN to PN ratios. Five days later, the mice were sacrificed and tissue samples were collected. Bacterial translocation, the levels of lysozyme, mucin 2 (MUC2), and IAP were analyzed. The composition of intestinal microbiota was analyzed by 16S rRNA pyrosequencing. Compared with chow, total parenteral nutrition (TPN) resulted in a dysfunctional mucosal barrier, as evidenced by increased bacterial translocation (p < 0.05), loss of lysozyme, MUC2, and IAP, and changes in the gut microbiota (p < 0.001). Administration of 20% EN supplemented with PN significantly increased the concentrations of lysozyme, MUC2, IAP, and the mRNA levels of lysozyme and MUC2 (p < 0.001). The percentages of Bacteroidetes and Tenericutes were significantly lower in the 20% EN group than in the TPN group (p < 0.001). These changes were accompanied by maintained barrier function in bacterial culture (p < 0.05). Supplementation of PN with 20% EN preserves gut barrier function, by way of maintaining innate immunity, IAP and intestinal microbiota.

Indexed as

Bacterial TranslocationEnteral NutritionGastrointestinal MicrobiomeImmunity, InnateIntestinesAlkaline PhosphataseAnimalsBacteroidetesIntestinal MucosaMaleMiceMucin-2MuramidaseParenteral NutritionParenteral Nutrition, TotalRNA, MessengerAlkaline PhosphataseMuc2 protein, mouseMucin-2MuramidaseRNA, MessengerRNA, Ribosomal, 16Sgut barrierinnate immunityintestinal alkaline phosphataseintestinal microbiotapartial enteral nutrition

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PMID26247961
PMCPMC4555127
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