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ReviewCell death discovery2024

Current understanding of the interplay between extracellular matrix remodelling and gut permeability in health and disease.

Aurora Vilardi, Stefan Przyborski, Claire Mobbs, Alessandro Rufini, Cristina Tufarelli

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Review in Cell death discovery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. Mechanisms and therapeutic potential of therapy-induced cellular senescence in radiotherapy- and chemotherapy-related alimentary tract mucositis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026
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  8. Inflammatory bowel disease and extracellular matrix: when victim becomes double agent.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  9. Comparative Genomic and Functional Profiling of ECM-Targeting Enzymes inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  13. Proteases in intestinal health and disease.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026
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  17. AnBiofabrication · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Aurora VilardiCancer Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE2 7LX, United Kingdom.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0636-6906
Stefan PrzyborskiDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
Claire MobbsDepartment of Biosciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom.
Alessandro RufiniCancer Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE2 7LX, United Kingdom. Alessandro.Rufini@unimi.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5855-655X
Cristina TufarelliCancer Research Centre, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE2 7LX, United Kingdom. cristina.tufarelli@leicester.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1053-4618

Funding

RCUK | Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) BB/T00746X/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust (Wellcome) 210911/Z/18/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intestinal wall represents an interactive network regulated by the intestinal epithelium, extracellular matrix (ECM) and mesenchymal compartment. Under healthy physiological conditions, the epithelium undergoes constant renewal and forms an integral and selective barrier. Following damage, the healthy epithelium is restored via a series of signalling pathways that result in remodelling of the scaffolding tissue through finely-regulated proteolysis of the ECM by proteases such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). However, chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, as occurs in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD), is associated with prolonged disruption of the epithelial barrier and persistent damage to the intestinal mucosa. Increased barrier permeability exhibits distinctive signatures of inflammatory, immunological and ECM components, accompanied by increased ECM proteolytic activity. This narrative review aims to bring together the current knowledge of the interplay between gut barrier, immune and ECM features in health and disease, discussing the role of barrier permeability as a discriminant between homoeostasis and IBD.

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PMID38802341
PMCPMC11130177

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