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ArticleFood science & nutrition2020

Vitamin A prevents lipopolysaccharide-induced injury on tight junctions in mice.

Caimei He, Xin Hu, Di Xiao, Jingtao Wu, Sichun Zhou, Jun Deng, Simeng Xu, Yanjun Huang, Mei Peng, Xiaoping Yang

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Article in Food science & nutrition, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Caimei HeKey Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province Department of Pharmacy School of Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha China.
Xin HuKey Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province Department of Pharmacy School of Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha China.
Di XiaoKey Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province Department of Pharmacy School of Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha China.
Jingtao WuKey Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province Department of Pharmacy School of Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha China.
Sichun ZhouKey Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province Department of Pharmacy School of Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha China.
Jun DengKey Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province Department of Pharmacy School of Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha China.
Simeng XuKey Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province Department of Pharmacy School of Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha China.
Yanjun HuangKey Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province Department of Pharmacy School of Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha China.
Mei PengKey Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province Department of Pharmacy School of Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha China.
Xiaoping YangKey Laboratory of Study and Discovery of Small Targeted Molecules of Hunan Province Department of Pharmacy School of Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1952-7227
Hunan Normal University · CNCentral South University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitamin A (VA) is one of the most widely used food supplements, but its molecular mechanisms largely remain elusive. Previously, we have demonstrated that VA inhibits the action of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) on intestinal epithelial barrier function and tight junction proteins using IPEC-J2 cells, one of representative intestinal cell lines as a cellular model. These exciting findings stimulated us continue to determine the effects of VA on LPS-induced damage of intestinal integrity in mice. Our results demonstrated that LPS treatment caused reductions of the mRNA levels of tight junction proteins including Zo-1, Occludin, and Claudin-1, well-known biomarkers of intestinal integrity, and these reductions were reversed by VA pretreatment. Intestinal immunofluorescent results of Claudin-1 revealed that LPS disrupted the structure of tight junction and reduced the expression of Claudin-1 at protein level, which was reversed by VA pretreatment. These results suggest that VA may exert a profound role on preventing intestinal inflammation in vivo.

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inflammationintestinetight junctionsvitamin A

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PMID32328260
PMCPMC7174240
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