Malnutrition is a major contributor to mortality and is increasingly recognized as a cause of
potentially lifelong functional disability. Yet, a rate-limiting step in achieving normal nutrition …

Mucosal surfaces are lined by epithelial cells and provide an important barrier to the flux of
antigens from the outside. This barrier is provided at a number of levels, including epithelial …

Zinc is an essential micronutrient for human metabolism that catalyzes more than 100
enzymes, facilitates protein folding, and helps regulate gene expression. Patients with …

Zinc plays an important role in maintaining intestinal barrier function as well as modulating
cellular signaling recognition and protein kinase activities. The phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase …

The gastrointestinal epithelium transports solutes and water between lumen and blood and
at the same time forms a barrier between these compartments. This highly selective and …

Over the past 30 years, many researchers have demonstrated the critical role of zinc (Zn), a
group IIb metal, in diverse physiological processes, such as growth and development …

Most blood plasma zinc is bound to albumin, but the structure of the binding site has not
been determined. Zn K-edge extended x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy and …

A 303-bp cDNA of intestinal zinc exporter (ZnT1) was isolated from chicken jejunum by
reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction and sequenced, and showed 42 …

A growing amount of research indicates that abnormalities in the gastrointestinal (GI) system
during development might be a common factor in multiple neurological disorders and might …

Campylobacter enteritis is the most common cause of foodborne bacterial diarrhea in
humans. Although various studies have been performed to clarify the pathomechanism in …