Altered Expression of Intestinal Tight Junctions in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease: A Pathogenetic Mechanism of Intestinal Hyperpermeability.
Georgia-Andriana GeorgopoulouMarios PapasotiriouPinelopi BosganaAnne-Lise DelasticEleni-Evangelia KoufouEvangelos PapachristouDimitrios S GoumenosPeriklis DavlourosHelen P KoureaVasiliki ZolotaKonstantinos ThomopoulosAthanasia MouzakiStelios F AssimakopoulosPublished in: Biomedicines (2024)
The expression of occludin and claudin-1 in enterocytes is significantly reduced in patients with CKD, contributing to systemic endotoxemia and inflammatory responses in these patients.