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ArticleThe Journal of physiology2017

Enteric glial activity regulates secretomotor function in the mouse colon but does not acutely affect gut permeability.

Vladimir Grubišić, Brian D Gulbransen

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Article in The Journal of physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 57 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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57citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 86 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Transgenic Mouse Models to Study Enteric Glia.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026
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  9. The Physiology of Enteric Glia.Annual review of physiology · 2025
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  17. BQ788 reveals glial ETBritish journal of pharmacology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vladimir GrubišićNeuroscience Program, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, 567 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1429-2844
Brian D GulbransenNeuroscience Program, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, 567 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1145-3227
Michigan State University · US

Funding

Role of enteric glia in the death of neurons during gut inflammationR01DK103723 · NIDDK · MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY · PI BRIAN D. GULBRANSEN · 2015 to 2026
$4.7M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK103723
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

key pointsThe role of enteric glial cell activity in the acute regulation of epithelial barrier and secretomotor functions of the intestines under physiological conditions is not clear. We used transgenic mice to modify glial activity and found that enteric glia significantly contribute to the neurogenic ion transport while glial activity does not appear to play a major role in the acute regulation of barrier function. The selective activation of glial activity evoked electrogenic ion transport primarily through neural pathways and was sufficient to drive electrogenic ion transport to an extent equal to the direct activation of neurogenic ion transport. These findings provide novel insight into the cellular mechanisms that control fluid transport homeostasis in the intestine and might provide novel therapeutic avenues for functional diarrheal diseases. ABSTRACT: Enteric glial cells are often implicated in the regulation of epithelial barrier and secretomotor functions of the intestines. But whether glial cell activity regulates these functions acutely under physiological conditions is not clear. We addressed this issue by using transgenic animal models to modify the activity of enteric glia, either reducing glial expression of connexin 43 in Sox10::CreER

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Gastrointestinal MotilityIntestinal AbsorptionAnimalsColonConnexin 43FemaleGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinIntestinal MucosaIon TransportMaleMiceNeurogliaConnexin 43Glial Fibrillary Acidic Proteinglial fibrillary astrocytic protein, mouseelectrogenic ion transportenteric nervous systemintestinal barrier function

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PMID28066889
PMCPMC5451715
OpenAlexW2570486886

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