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Abstract
Recent study shows that germ-free and antibiotic-treated animals are highly susceptible to gut epithelial injury. This paper addresses that impaired inactivation of digestive proteases may be the key factor for the increased susceptibility.Entities:
Keywords: Antibiotics; Digestive proteases; Germ-free; Gut epithelial injury; Gut microbiota
Year: 2017 PMID: 28251033 PMCID: PMC5311466 DOI: 10.4291/wjgp.v8.i1.1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol ISSN: 2150-5330